Bad Emails Are Even Using the Government

It looks so absolutely legitimate.  After all, the email says it is coming from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI of the United States of America.  A supposedly legitimate agent's name is there with all his personal contact information.  Who would not trust the FBI?

The scam artists who have now turned to the internet to find their victims are sending bad emails even using the United States Government agencies as fronts.  Some also say they are with the Social Security Administration on occasion to try and cheat honest people out of their hard earned money.

Federal agencies and banks have indicated that they will NEVER ask people to give personal information such as social security numbers and bank account numbers over emails.  Sometimes it appears that the bank or agency is simply trying to verify their information to see if they have correct details so they ask you to supply the numbers and verification.  If you ever receive an email asking for this personal information over an email, do not give it out.  Even if it looks legitimate and seems to have actually come from your own bank, just delete the email or forward it to your bank.  Call your bank and let them know about the email.  After all, they are probably giving the bank a bad name.

Although there have been many warnings given about scams being perpetrated over the internet and via emails, some people are still falling prey to these unscrupulous individuals or groups which are routinely trying to drain the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims.  People desperate to make some extra money to relieve them from dire financial straits are often lured into thinking that this deal just might work.  It seems a small matter to help someone out for a large chunk of money.  The scams are working because they have not stopped.

These emails are often extremely friendly sounding.  They use endearing terms and make it sound as though they are caring friends already.  They want to make their contacts think they are good people who are legitimately trying to find an answer to their own problems (often of distributing a huge sum of money and needing a foreigner to get it out of the country) by offering you a piece of the pie.

Don't even reply to or try to check out the email address given to which you are to respond.  It may be part of the scam to even get your email address which they will know is a good email address if you email them.  They can then proceed to find out other information they need to further their goals.  They can cause havoc to your email account and your contacts as well as to your financial situation.

Remember to avoid emails which offer the world.  You should especially know that those who claim to be from the government and are offering you a chance to earn a huge amount of money are certainly not legitimate.  Dishonest people are trying to harm others and take their money.