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Senior Citizen Alerts
Latest E-Mail Scam Appears to Come from FirstGov.gov
GSA issues alert for fakes requesting your personal
information
 July 29, 2006 -The U.S. General Services
Administration's Office of Citizens Services & Communications is
warning senior citizens and others to avoid falling victim to a recent
e-mail scheme that targets users by sending unsolicited e-mails
allegedly from FirstGov, the citizen portal operated by GSA.
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These scam e-mails tell recipients that because of
recent fraudulent activities on Money Access Online they need to confirm
their account has not been stolen or hacked. The e-mails then direct
recipients to click on a link and enter information related to personal
credit card accounts.
The e-mail appears to be sent from this following
fraudulent e-mail address:
MONEY ACCESS SERVICE (fraud@firstgov.gov)
There may be other similarly styled addresses. The
text of the e-mail includes "Dear Money Access Customer" and asks for
certain private personal and private financial data, but recipients
shouldn't provide this information.
These e-mails don't originate at FirstGov or GSA.
FirstGov doesn't send unsolicited e-mails to the public in this manner,
nor do we solicit personal information of any kind.
Responding to unsolicited e-mails from an unknown
sender is risky and dangerous because these e-mails often contain
viruses that can infect computers or entice recipients to provide more
personal and confidential information. GSA takes this matter seriously
and is investigating. Users should delete unsolicited e-mails of this
type without opening.
GSA is a centralized, federal procurement, property
management, policy development and information provision agency, created
by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies
better serve the public. In this role, GSA acquires products and
services on behalf of federal agencies; plays a key role in developing
and implementing government-wide policies; provides services and
solutions for the office operations of more than one million federal
workers; and encourages a citizen-centric relationship with government
by providing a single "point of entry" to the information and services
citizens need in a timeframe they can appreciate. This allows citizens
to receive accurate, timely and consistent answers and information, and
helps federal agencies better respond to citizen inquiries.
Web site:
http://www.gsa.gov/
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