Traffic Ticket Scam
The following is a current computer attack posing as a traffic ticket from the New York State Police:
From: “Burnett Bowman”
To:
Subject: UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET (ID:98389816)
New York State — Department of Motor Vehicles
UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET (ID:67490909),
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POLICE AGENCY
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
Local Police Code 2163
THE PERSON DESCRIBED ABOVE IS CHARGED AS FOLLOWS
Time: 7:25 AM
Date of Offense: 07/02/2011
IN VIOLATION OF NYS V AND T LAW
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7616 Description of Violation
SPEED OVER 55 ZONE
TO PLEAD, PRINT OUT THE ENCLOSED TICKET AND SEND IT TO TOWN COURT, CHATAM HALL., PO BOX 117
Content-Type: ;
name=”Uniform traffic ticket.zip”
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename=”Uniform traffic ticket.zip”
Attachment Converted: “c:\attach\Uniform traffic ticket.zip”
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