This Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation email is a forgery which aims to steal recipients identities ...

America's FDIC is the subject of fraudsters' endeavors to lift internet users' identities from under their noses again (see also a previous FDIC email scam).

Whilst the forged web page that this particular spoofed email led to has been removed very quickly, you should expect to see the email again but with a revised link (the link text would be the same, but the destination would be different).

The Spoof Email ...

Dear Sir,

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it is enough to suspect that currency violations may have occurred in your account and due to this activity we have withdrawn Federal Deposit Insurance on your account until we verify that your account has not been used in a violation of the Patriot Act.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/l

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