Email scam alert!

[PittPoliSci]

I got this email last night, thought I'd throw a heads up, even though everyone's bullshit detectors should go off if they get it. Its from the "FDIC" saying they're removing insurance on my bank account for violations of the Patriot Act. I thought it was hilarious, cause they wouldn't remove insurance, they would freeze your assests. There's also a thing on the real FDIC webpage saying that its a scam. Read on:

To whom it may concern;
In cooperation with the Department Of Homeland Security, Federal, State and Local Governments your account has been denied insurance from the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation due to suspected violations of the Patriot Act. While we have only a limited amount of evidence gathered on your account at
this time it is enough to suspect that currency violations may have occurred in your account and due to this activity we have withdrawn Federal Deposit
Insurance on your account until we verify that your account has not been used in a violation of the Patriot Act.

As a result Department Of Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge has advised the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to suspend all deposit insurance on
your account until such time as we can verify your identity and your account information.

Please verify through our IDVerify below. This information will be checked against a federal government database for identity verification. This only takes
up to a minute and when we have verified your identity you will be notified of said verification and all suspensions of insurance on your account will be
lifted.

http://www.fdic.gov/idverify/cgi-bin/index.htm

Failure to use IDVerify below will cause all insurance for your account to be terminated and all records of your account history will be sent to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington D.C. for analysis and verification. Failure to provide proper identity may also result in a visit from Local,
State or Federal Government or Homeland Security Officials.

Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.

Donald E. Powell

Chairman Emeritus FDIC

John D. Hawke, Jr.

Comptroller of the Currency

Michael E. Bartell

Chief Information Officer


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I was thinking last night about how funny it would be if it was sent to a bunch of liberals.

[TNDemo]

1. Yeah, it's amazing how Homeland Security has your e-mail address

but not your home address.

[ProudGerman]

2. They deserve something for their cleverness

If for nothing other then NOT being some individual from the Congo who left the country with a ton of his father's embezzled cash looking for someone to help him launder it.

Hey, at least its not herbal viagra junk.

[RebelOne]

3. CNN had this on the news this morning.

[zbird]

4. I got that one too.

I particularly like the "To whom it may concern". I'm sure the FDIC sends out bulk e-mailings with notifications of violations.