Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit

The email messages below: "Eviction Notification" and "Notice to Quit", have a virus or Trojan horse attached to them that will infect your computer if you open them. The messages were designed to trick the recipients into opening the malicious attachments, disguised as lawsuit letters or eviction notices, by claiming that they were evicted."

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Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit

The malicious email messages

From: Eviction Notification [support.7 @riduscourt.com]
Subject: Urgent eviction notification No2621

Eviction Notification,

Please be advised that you are obliged to vacate the living space you occupy until March 28, 2014, 11 a.m. If you do not vacate it in the specified terms, the court will have to assign the forcible eviction for April 26, 2014, 11 a.m.

If nobody is home we will not be responsible for safe keeping of your belongings.

Besides, if you fail to comply with the requirements of the court bailiff you will be fined for up to 200 minimum wage amounts with a subsequent doubling of the penalty amount and can be made criminally or administratively liable.

The details of the circumstances that caused the judicial decision of eviction are attached herewith.

Court bailiff,
GOODWIN Bass

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From: Notice To Quit [service_notice @mnduscourt.com]
Subject: Notice to quit No5759

Notice to quit,
Hereby you are informed you have to quit the premises you hold until

March, 21, 2014.
If you stay in the currently occupied premises for a longer period of time, you will be assigned by court for forced eviction scheduled for April 5, 2014.

If court executives do not find you at home on the specified date, the court will disclaim any responsibility for safe keeping of your property left in the premises.

Whether you fail to fulfill the requirements of the court you might be held liable to a fine equal to 100 minimum wage amounts.

Attention.

The adjudication details can be found attached to this notice.

Bailiff of the court,
RUSSELL ORTIZ
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From: Eviction Notice [support.7 @perkinscoie.com]
Subject: Notice to quit No8116

Eviction notice,

Hereby you are notified that you have to move to another location from the currently occupied premises within the next three weeks.

Please find the lawsuit details attached to this letter.

If you do not move within this period of time, we will have no other alternative than to have you physically removed from the property per order of the Judge.

If we can be of any assistance to you during your relocation, please feel free to contact us any time.
Court representative,
Mary Tailor
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The attachments are not eviction notices or lawsuit letters, but Zip or compressed files, which contain the Windows malicious executable files (*.exe).

Once your computer has become infected with this malicious Trojan horse, the cybercriminals behind this email message will be able to access and take control of your computer remotely from anywhere around the world. They may spy on you, use your computer to commit cybercrimes, or steal your personal and financial information.

Now, if you have already opened anyone of these malicious attachments, please do a full scan of your computer with the antivirus software installed on it. The name of the attachment may change, so be careful when opening email attachments.

If you don’t have antivirus software installed on your computer, please click here for a list of free antivirus software.

Never open an attachment that has a name ending with “.exe”, because these are computer programs that can infect your computer with a virus or some other malware.

Click here for a list of email attachments you should never open, regardless of where they came from.

For a list of other virus email messages, please click here.

These fake email messages are similar to the Pretrial Notice - Legal Notice - Warrant to Appear In Court email messages.

Look out for similar court email messages that may have been reworded.

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March 6, 2014 at 9:29 PM by
Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit
an anonymous user from: Orem, Utah, United States

I receievd one as well.

from: support.2@structurereright.com

Eviction notice,

Your home will be seized by the police under suspicion

of illegal activities as we were reported yesterday.

As a tenant you have 30 days to vacate

the premises or will face fines or jail time.

Contact out office immediately after receipt

of this notice to make proper arrangements for a move out.

Legal statement and our contact info are enclosed to this letter.

Real estate agency,

Emily Mason

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March 6, 2014 at 11:23 AM by
Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit
info

Here is another email message received today:

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From: Notice to vacate immediately <notice_support.2 @realsimple.com>

Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2014 7:45 AM

Subject: Move out notice

Notice to vacate immediately,

You are hereby required to move out from the

premises you have been holding possession of.

The bank has foreclosed on your property and

you are presently considered to be a trespasser.

In exchange for you cooperation, the bank may decide

to offer you a cash incentive amounting to $1000.

You have three days to contact us

and make arrangements for a move out.

Our contact info as well as the bank resolution

are in the attachment to this notice.

Real estate agency,

DANIEL PETERS

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March 4, 2014 at 12:55 AM by
Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit
an anonymous user from: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Incase the readers are wondering what the message is, this is it:

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Notice of eviction,

Please be advised that your

current dwelling has been condemned.

The eviction proceedings are already in process.

You are hereby ordered to vacate

the premises no later than 03/23/2014 or face forcible removal.

Any attempt to resist is futile.

Contact our office without delay to

make proper arrangements for a move out.

We want to hope for you cooperation.

Our contact details and judicial statement

are enclosed to this notice.

Real estate agency,

Carol Tailor

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March 4, 2014 at 12:45 AM by
Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit
an anonymous user from: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

I would like to say as of 12:42 am march 4th 2014, I just recieved a fake eviction notice thru my email via junk, and my microsoft smartscan marked it as junk, well let's just say I am glad that I read this now I can delete it.

Delete

March 3, 2014 at 3:31 PM by
Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit
an anonymous user from: Inglewood, California, United States

I have been receiving these emails as well. I never open them (and therefore never open the attachment,) I ALWAYS mark them as SPAM and DELETE them.

Delete

February 28, 2014 at 6:58 PM by
Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit
info

Here is another message:

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Notice to move out,

As you have been failing to keep your payments

for the property, the bank has decided to foreclose on it

and now you are legally considered a trespasser.

First of all, you have to contact our office in order

we could make all arrangements for your move out

in the allowed time.

It is vital you contact us before March 25, 2014.

Enclosed are the bank resolution and our contact details.

Real estate agency,

Alena Tailor

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February 28, 2014 at 6:49 AM by
Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit
an anonymous user from: London, England, United Kingdom

I got one too signed by singleton Lott court baillif these people should be jailed for life

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February 27, 2014 at 4:33 PM by
Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit
an anonymous user from: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Today I received 10 "eviction notices".

Delete

February 27, 2014 at 11:56 AM by
Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit
an anonymous user from: Houston, Texas, United States

the violation should be intent to damage personal property and cyber terrorism. put these j*rks in jail 1 day for every email they send. They would stay in jail forever!

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February 27, 2014 at 9:56 AM by
Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit
an anonymous user from: Columbus, Ohio, United States

Why cannot the authorities track down the perpetrators of this offense and put them into jail?

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Virus Email Messages - Eviction Notification - Notice to Quit