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January 12th, 2006, 09:03 AM
The e-mail purports to be from a doctor at the hospital where the miner is being treated
JANUARY 12, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The FBI is warning Internet users about a fraudulent e-mail soliciting money for a survivor of a West Virginia coal mine accident last week.
The e-mail purports to be written by a doctor at the hospital where the miner is being treated and describes the condition of the survivor and the financial assistance that is needed for a full recovery.
The accident cost the lives of 12 miners and there was just one survivor. He is still hospitalized and in a partial coma, according to news reports. Rescue attempts were heavily covered by U.S. media and the story stayed in the news spotlight for several days partly because initial reports of survivors turned out to be incorrect.
READ ARTICLE (http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,107665,00.html?source=x10)
JANUARY 12, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The FBI is warning Internet users about a fraudulent e-mail soliciting money for a survivor of a West Virginia coal mine accident last week.
The e-mail purports to be written by a doctor at the hospital where the miner is being treated and describes the condition of the survivor and the financial assistance that is needed for a full recovery.
The accident cost the lives of 12 miners and there was just one survivor. He is still hospitalized and in a partial coma, according to news reports. Rescue attempts were heavily covered by U.S. media and the story stayed in the news spotlight for several days partly because initial reports of survivors turned out to be incorrect.
READ ARTICLE (http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,107665,00.html?source=x10)