Hi there. I just opened up outlook express and found an e-mail from supposedly
the F.B.I. saying that my IP address has been listed on more than 30 illegal
websites. It then goes on to demand that I answer a series of questions from
them, and it is included in an attachment. The attachment is zipped and titled
"question_list.zip". After unzipping it, I found that the "list" was an executable file
named "File-packed_dataInfo". The file is 55,390 bytes in size. The most interesting
thing about this is that the e-mail is addressed to poised@peoplepc.com, yet sent to
my e-mail account. I hesitate to open it because I've been burned before from viruses.
A few Questions:
1 - Has anyone recieved this kind of e-mail recently, and is it bogus?
2 - Is this attachment a virus of some sort?
If anyone can help me with this, I would be most grateful, as I resent being sent
any e-mails like this accusing me of such crap.
<<<E-mail is as follows>>>
+-------------------------------+
From: <Admin@fbi.gov>
To: <poised@peoplepc.com>
Subject: You visit illegal websites
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 8:40 AM
Dear Sir/Madam,
we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites.
Important:
Please answer our questions!
The list of questions are attached.
Yours faithfully,
Steven Allison
*** Federal Bureau of Investigation -FBI-
*** 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3220
*** Washington, DC 20535
*** phone: (202) 324-3000