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Beware of "Spoofed" Email

There are viruses on the internet today that work through the current internal email system. (SMTP / POP protocols.)  They "spoof" (pretend / appear to be someone else) an email address to gain your trust and acceptance to do something you ordinarily wouldn't do (and shouldn't do).  The latest round of viral produced email attempts to get you to click on attachment. It may be a .zip or a .pif - either way, if clicked on it starts computer code that executes on your PC and can damage your machine or other machines. The following "spoofed" email has come to our attention:

CONTENTS OF FAKE EMAIL:

Dear user of "Familyschoice.com" mailing system,

Our main mailing server will be temporary unavaible for next two days, to continue receiving mail in these days you have to configure our free auto-forwarding service.

Further details can be obtained from attached file.

Best wishes,
The Familyschoice.com team http://www.familyschoice.com

Note: Future emails  may substitute: "familyisafety.com"  for "familyschoice.com"

Please be aware: We did NOT originate this email and we have NOT made any changes to our email system. If you get an email similar to this, ignore it and delete it!



 

 

 

 


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