U.S. Federal Reserve Fraudulent Email Scam

DarkFiber Consulting — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:04:48 +0000

DarkFiber Consulting is aware of public reports of a fraudulent email scam circulating via messages that falsely appear to be from the U.S. Federal Reserve. These email messages contain information about a phishing scam and links for users to follow to obtain additional information about the scam. If a user follows the links, they will be redirected to a malicious website where a PDF exploit is used to install malicious code on the affected system.

DarkFiber Consulting encourages users to do the following to help mitigate the risks:

Do not follow unsolicited links.
Use caution when visiting untrusted websites.
Install antivirus software and keep the virus signatures up to date.
Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams (pdf) document for more information on avoiding email scams.
Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document for more information on social engineering attacks.

Tags: Caution, Email Information, Email Messages, Email Scam, Email Scams, Exploit, Federal Reserve, Malicious Code, Malicious Website, Phishing Attacks, Phishing Scam, Social Engineering, Untrusted, Virus Signatures

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U.S. Federal Reserve Fraudulent Email Scam