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Somehow our office (a federal agency) was flooded with the same e-mail, except the country of origin was Nigeria. Here's the warning issued by out IT Office:


E-Mail Scams "Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud"
Wednesday, January 16, 2002

The IT Security Office has received numerous complaints over the past few weeks concerning an apparent e-mail scam message. The message is the "Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud ". The US Secret Service has posted an advisory warning against these types of frauds. The information from thier site is provided below. The Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) is looking into ways to stop employees from receiving these messages, and is contacting the Secret Service concerning this matter. Until that has been done, please delete the messages without responding to them. The IT Security Office will provide periodic updates
on this issue as warranted.

As always, if you have any questions concerning IT security related matters please contact the IT Security Office.