I checked the junkmailbox on my email account today and have received three of these notices. What do I make of this??

BTW, I don't access illegal sites to my knowledge.

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) 283-5506

I haven't clicked on the attatchment with the questions because I'm afraid there will be a virus or something since I don't trust the source.

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

JUNK MAIL. DELETE.

In the thread title, you say, "I'm serious".

Why?

Because the FBI already has a file on me due to my late father's profession. (nothing illegal, but he worked for the italian government). So I never know.....

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

kiddy porn? sites to find bomb material? who knows

I'm keeping the emails in junk. I figure if it really is the FBI, they'll have other means of contacting me.

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

stefano- if it really was the FBI, they would come to your door....hey did you try calling the phone number?

Thought about it. But if it's a scam, whoever is the perp would then know my phone number too-- unless called from some other phone line. But I'll let them contact me if they want.

Still makes me curious!

__________________

Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

...and the FBI would know your name! Dear Sir/Madam indicates a generic greeting for a mass mailer...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Yeah, I think I overraected a bit.

I wonder if it is from the FBI and they use it to trick people who have logged onto illegal websites into thinking the FBI is on to them so they 'fess up?

__________________

Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

Forward it to the FBI and ask for either verification or prosecution.

If they have a file on you, then they probably know all sorts of intimate little secrets - such as your name! I figure the FBI could make it a little bit more personal than "Dear Sir/Madam". ETA: I see that G-Benz has beaten me to it!

I'm stunned that you're so "curious" about stuff such as this. It's the nature of phishing, man! They don't have to "know" anything about you and the FBI any more than they "know" that you have a bank account with Chase... or Citibank.. or whomever. The vast majority are just trying to come up with bait that will look genuine enough for some people to bite. It's certainly no more amazing than what a good "cold reader" can appear to do - again, with lots of help from the intended victim.

It was wise of you to be skeptical enough not to open the attachments. Keep nourishing that healthy skepticism!

I googled this line out of your email:

"We have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites."

This was one of the hits:

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/soberx.asp

If you want to report something to the FBI, google: FBI report fraud

If there is an attachment, don't open it.

Is it from the FBI's Nigerian field office?

FWIW, I believe it's a felony to misrepresent oneself as a federal officer.

im on the no fly list so anything is possible..


but when they clear me every time the sky b***s never give me problems with my drinks or my in flight meal .. aka crackers and some peanuts

Good thing I didn't open the attatchment!

Yes, my curiosity has gotten the better of me at times in my life.

__________________

Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.