By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Business Writer
Thursday, November 1, 2007
From
The Associated PressWASHINGTON, (AP) --
The federal agency that fights Internet scams and spam is caught in the middle of an effort to fool e-mail recipients.
The Federal Trade Commission warned this week that scammers are behind messages from the phony address of "frauddep(at)ftc.gov."
The e-mails claim that a has been filed with the FTC against the e-mail's recipient. An attachment to them includes a virus that, if opened, will install a program that can steal passwords and account numbers from receiving computers.
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