Florida Ag warns of phishing e-mail extraction of oil leak tragedy

U. S authorities warn Floridian does not believe that a phishing has recently been launched, which tries to exploit the Internet victims of British Petroleum (BP) oil leak or Deepwater Shrimp Horizon disaster “in the Gulf of Mexico. Bill McCollum, Florida Attorney-General issued a warning to consumers by 22 July, 2010. What is worrying is that the consumer recently complained to the Prosecutor’s Office in an e-mail that probably was the CEO of BP, had Tony Hayward wrote. In this e-mail written that no one answer to your private information will receive a $ 500 000 grant funds BP. More important, it appears that the bogus e-mail pretending to be a message from Mr. Hayward originated in Nigeria. Therefore, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service has been notified about the investigation. Commenting on the new fraud, phishing e-mail , says McCollum to fraudsters openly tried to exploit the Florida disaster victims Deepwater Shrimp Horizon. Mysuncoast. com, published this July 22, 2010. But in order to keep consumers safe from the scam email, you should not disclose any personal information to unknown entities. In addition, if a consumer has the last question in relation to fraud or other, it is proposed to address the Agency AG McCollum on direct line telephone, or visit myfloridalegal. com website. In addition, some more tips provided for Florida residents as well as other Internet users can use to stop scam. An e-mail from companies that BP true in the current instance, examined in detail so false e-mails can show that they are phishing messages. The errors, in particular, are misspellings and grammatical errors. Two filters, users must implement programs of high quality anti-malware and email to this scam e-mail does not make it in their inboxes. Finally, the Better Business Bureau scam is discovered and reported much more than trying to email the capitalization of the BP oil tanker disaster. This is the sale of shares in companies that probably offers drain cleaning, organizations requesting financial support voluntary relief and rehabilitation, and work or job.