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January 25th, 2004, 09:02 PM
Link to story: http://news.com.com/2100-7349-5146716.html?part=business2-cnet
-{ Quote: "E-mail scam taps antiterrorist push, says FDIC
Last modified: January 23, 2004, 3:29 PM PST
By Robert Lemos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the national insurer of U.S. bank accounts, warned Americans on Friday that a convincing e-mail scam is making the rounds.
The fraudulent e-mail claims to be from the FDIC and informs recipients that their bank account has been denied insurance as a result of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security into "suspected violations of the Patriot Act." The USA PATRIOT Act, which was passed after the Sept. 11 attacks, gives broad powers to law enforcement to combat terrorism.
"Someone really did their homework," said David Barr, a spokesman for the FDIC, adding that the letter is mostly free of the grammatical and spelling mistakes that usually act as a sign that...
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-{ Quote: "E-mail scam taps antiterrorist push, says FDIC
Last modified: January 23, 2004, 3:29 PM PST
By Robert Lemos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the national insurer of U.S. bank accounts, warned Americans on Friday that a convincing e-mail scam is making the rounds.
The fraudulent e-mail claims to be from the FDIC and informs recipients that their bank account has been denied insurance as a result of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security into "suspected violations of the Patriot Act." The USA PATRIOT Act, which was passed after the Sept. 11 attacks, gives broad powers to law enforcement to combat terrorism.
"Someone really did their homework," said David Barr, a spokesman for the FDIC, adding that the letter is mostly free of the grammatical and spelling mistakes that usually act as a sign that...
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." }-