COMPUTER VIRUSES SENT TO PC OWNERS IN THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA
Infecting someone else his computer is punishable and illegal
The day before yesterday, I received an e-mail suggesting that my IP-address has been logged on more than 30 illegal websites. The sender: mail@cia.gov. A zip-file was attached and the sender wanted me to answer his questions. And guess what I did not open the file.
On the very same day, I read an article on www.cnn.com: FBI warns of e-mail scam. The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an alert about a scam involving unsolicited e-mails, purportedly sent by the FBI, that tell computer users that their Internet surfing is being monitored by the agency. The users are told they have visited illegal websites and are instructed to open an attachment to answer questions.
Yesterday, I received another e-mail, this time from office@fbi.gov with the same body text and also a zip-file attached.
Like the FBI, the CIA did not sent such e-mails. It may be assumed that the attachments to those e-mails contain viruses that harm your computer the moment you open them. Trying to infect a computer of someone else through sending these kind of e-mails is both punishable and illegal (tort) under the laws of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
The FBI is investigating the scam. Recipients of these e-mails are asked to report them by visiting the Internet Crime Complaint Center at http://www.ic3.gov. And that is exactly what I did.
Karel Frielink
Attorney (Lawyer) / Partner
