SERIOUS QUESTION about and email I got.

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  • Niko Bimini
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2004
    • 2372

    #1

    SERIOUS QUESTION about and email I got.

    Ok so normally I click "send/recieve" and watch as dozens of spam and junk mail pour into there boxes. Alot of the times Norton will pick one out as warn me about an attachment being a virus. No biggie, just part of doing biz online.

    But today I got a warning from Norton about an attachment to an email, when I looked at the email it caught my eye because the adress is came from was [email protected]

    The message read:

    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



    ++++ Central Intelligence Agency -CIA-
    ++++ Office of Public Affairs
    ++++ Washington, D.C. 20505

    ++++ phone: (703) 482-0623
    ++++ 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., US Eastern time


    The attachment is a .txt (247B) that norton deleted.

    The email address it came to was "mailbox@******" to an email addy attached to a dummy URL that we don't use.

    Now I want to hear from people. Is this for real? Is this really from the CIA or is this just a creative way for someone to give out a virus?

    I would like to hear thoughts, opinions, and experiences please.

    Thanks

    ... ICQ# 264612090 Proudly hosting with www.MOJOHOST.com
  • ry0t
    So Fucking Banned
    • Feb 2003
    • 4160

    #2
    Check the headers and see where it's really coming from. Obviously it's not real.

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    • Logan Videos
      Confirmed User
      • Aug 2005
      • 589

      #3
      Its obviously the CIA...




      No, seriously, do you really think that the CIA sends out emails? I hope not... they ALWAYS knock at your door when they want to talk to you... just like the FBI or the local police.

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      • baddog
        So Fucking Banned
        • Apr 2001
        • 107089

        #4
        not real, and I thought was on the national news a couple weeks ago as a major source of a new virus

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        • Rob
          I'm a great bowler.
          • Nov 2003
          • 13310

          #5
          You only need to worry if you visit illegal sites. They log your IP, or at least that's what the email says.

          So if you don't visit illegal sites you have nothing to worry about.

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          • Niko Bimini
            Confirmed User
            • Feb 2004
            • 2372

            #6
            Hey understand that I don't necessarily believe it is from the CIA................................but then I am just not someone who trusts my government either so I always expect the worst out of them.

            ... ICQ# 264612090 Proudly hosting with www.MOJOHOST.com

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            • NickPapageorgio
              Confirmed User
              • Apr 2004
              • 8323

              #7
              Call that number and you'll see that apparently this is a pretty common thing as it's the real number to the CIA but on their recording, they say "If this is regarding an email from Steven Allison, please contact your local web provider..."

              I get about 4 a day. They are sent out under the FBI name also as well as the CIA.

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              • NickPapageorgio
                Confirmed User
                • Apr 2004
                • 8323

                #8
                And yes look at the original headers because it is NOT coming from [email protected]. ;)

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                • Niko Bimini
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 2372

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Rob
                  You only need to worry if you visit illegal sites. They log your IP, or at least that's what the email says.

                  So if you don't visit illegal sites you have nothing to worry about.

                  Ok

                  #1 Of course I don't visit illegal sites.


                  #2 What a wonderfully innocent view you have on law enforcment and the US government. So if you have done nothing wrong......................you have nothing to worry about and no one would ever hassle you. Nice.


                  ... ICQ# 264612090 Proudly hosting with www.MOJOHOST.com

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                  • Promo Chicks
                    Confirmed User
                    • Oct 2005
                    • 470

                    #10
                    Rule #1: Don't tell people how dumb you are
                    ...making a little cash, keeping our panties on.

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                    • Niko Bimini
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2004
                      • 2372

                      #11
                      Originally posted by NickPapageorgio
                      Call that number and you'll see that apparently this is a pretty common thing as it's the real number to the CIA but on their recording, they say "If this is regarding an email from Steven Allison, please contact your local web provider..."

                      I get about 4 a day. They are sent out under the FBI name also as well as the CIA.


                      THANK YOU Nick!!!


                      Sorry you get hassled with it too, but glad to hear Im not alone.


                      ... ICQ# 264612090 Proudly hosting with www.MOJOHOST.com

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                      • aico
                        Moo Moo Cow
                        • Mar 2004
                        • 14748

                        #12
                        The CIA doesn't have email.

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                        • baddog
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Apr 2001
                          • 107089

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Bimini
                          but glad to hear Im not alone.


                          You and a few million others, although I don't think I have seen the email in a week or two. It was talked about on the news when it first hit.

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                          • baddog
                            So Fucking Banned
                            • Apr 2001
                            • 107089

                            #14
                            http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

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                            • nofx
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Nov 2002
                              • 16826

                              #15
                              its 100% real because its policy to always email people regarding matters such as this

                              I would dl the txt file and click it 10 times

                              Often times I wonder why
                              There's love and hate, theres live or die.
                              When sickness comes I must decide:
                              When feelings go, theres suicide.

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                              • Niko Bimini
                                Confirmed User
                                • Feb 2004
                                • 2372

                                #16


                                Thanks Lloyd!!!




                                See you in Vegas!!!!!

                                ... ICQ# 264612090 Proudly hosting with www.MOJOHOST.com

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                                • Violetta
                                  Affiliate
                                  • Jul 2004
                                  • 28735

                                  #17
                                  I do understand that it can be disturbing getting a mail like that, if you're not sure if its real or fake!
                                  M&A Queen

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                                  • baddog
                                    So Fucking Banned
                                    • Apr 2001
                                    • 107089

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Bimini
                                    Thanks Lloyd!!!




                                    See you in Vegas!!!!!

                                    Looking forward to it

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                                    • NickPapageorgio
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Apr 2004
                                      • 8323

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Rockatansky
                                      I do understand that it can be disturbing getting a mail like that, if you're not sure if its real or fake!
                                      When in doubt...delete without question. If they are really trying to contact you...you can trust...they'll get ahold of ya.

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                                      • reed_4
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Jul 2005
                                        • 9640

                                        #20
                                        Just delete it man, don't trust anybody you don't really know.

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                                        • Vlad
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Dec 2002
                                          • 2864

                                          #21
                                          http://cia.gov/cia/alerts.html

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                                          • Ace-wtf
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Jun 2005
                                            • 2983

                                            #22
                                            read your constitution

                                            Don't miss out on the new HYPE!!!
                                            icq: 226370630

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                                            • Dirty F
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • Jul 2001
                                              • 59204

                                              #23
                                              Welcome to the intraweb.

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                                              • MattO
                                                The O is for Oohhh
                                                • Feb 2003
                                                • 10861

                                                #24
                                                Yea I believe this is a program called "Internet Head Start" where the CIA gives you an email warning that they're coming after you, giving you a "Head Start" to start running. Good luck in Mexico!

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                                                • rafe43119
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Dec 2005
                                                  • 281

                                                  #25
                                                  Its a scam. The FBI put out a warning about a similiar email going around that said the same thing word for word except it used FBI instead or CIA.
                                                  From the FBI website:
                                                  http://www.fbi.gov/page2/nov05/emailscam112205.htm
                                                  or
                                                  http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/escams.htm

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                                                  • sfera
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Aug 2005
                                                    • 8597

                                                    #26
                                                    its a virus i would scan your system

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                                                    • Screaming
                                                      I can change this!!!!!
                                                      • Feb 2004
                                                      • 18972

                                                      #27
                                                      alot of people here got that email

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                                                      • SomeCreep
                                                        :glugglug
                                                        • Mar 2003
                                                        • 26118

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by Bimini
                                                        I looked at the email it caught my eye because the adress is came from was [email protected]

                                                        Is this for real? Is this really from the CIA?


                                                        No, it is not.

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                                                        • DutchTeenCash
                                                          I like Dutch Girls
                                                          • Feb 2003
                                                          • 21684

                                                          #29
                                                          fake had it a 1000 times it has a virus the attachment

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