Virus alert: Don’t open FBI e-mail – Feb 22, 2005

Spam from the FBI? That should be your first clue.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Don’t open those e-mail attachments that appear to be from the FBI. They might contain a computer virus.

The FBI late Tuesday warned computer users that scam artists pretending to be FBI agents are at work spreading the computer virus.

“These e-mails did not come from the FBI,” the Bureau said in a statement released from its Washington headquarters.

“The FBI does not engage in the practice of sending unsolicited e-mails to the public in this manner.”