FTC Warns Consumers About Bogus E-Mail That Claims to Be From
Agency
Consumers, including corporate and banking executives, appear
to be targets of a bogus e-mail supposedly sent by the Federal Trade Commission but actually sent by
third parties hoping to install spyware on computers. The bogus e-mail poses as an acknowledgment
of a complaint filed by the recipient, and includes an attachment. Consumers who open the
attachment to this e-mail unleash malicious spyware onto their computer.
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