Thursday, August 18, 2011

Email Hoax Warning

New York State Police are cautioning all residents not to open any emails claiming to be from "uniform traffic ticket", warning the emails contain a computer virus. The emails pretend to be from New York State Department of Motor Vehicles or New York State Police. It asks recipients to open the attached zip file supposedly a copy of the ticket fill it out and send it to a town court.  It might contain the subject line "UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET"  and says "the person described above is charged as follows"  The ticket lists the time as 7:25 a.m., the date of the offense as July 5 and describes the violation as "speed over 55 zone."  It also says to plead, print out the enclosed ticket and send it to town court, Chatam Hall, P.O. Box 117"   The public is being asked not to forward these emails to state or local police.
If someone does open the attachment, he or she should update and run antivirus software and take steps to make sure the the computer is secure.

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