"Notice to Appear in Court" Virus Email Messages

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The email messages below: "Notice to Appear in Court," are fakes and have malicious attachments or links to a virus or Trojan horse that will infect the recipients' computers if they attempt to open or click on it. The messages were created to trick curious recipients into opening the malicious attachments or clicking on the malicious links, by claiming that they need to attend court. But, opening the malicious attachments or clicking on the links in the email message, will download and install a virus or Trojan horse on their computers.

The Fake and Virus Court Notice Email Messages

Subject: Notice to Appear in Court
Baker & McKenzie
Notice to Appear,
Hereby you are notified that you have been scheduled to appear for your hearing that will take place in the court of Sacramento in September 1, 2014 at 12:00am. Please bring all documents and witnesses relating to this case with you to Court on your hearing date.
To view copy of the court notice click here. Please, read it thoroughly.
Note: If you do not attend the hearing the judge may hear the case in your absence.
Truly yours,Clerk of Court
© Baker & McKenzie 2014

Hereby you are notified that you have been scheduled to appear for your hearing that will take placein the court of Sacramento in May 27, 2014 at 09:45 am.
Please, kindly prepare and bring the documents related to this case to court on the date mentioned above.
Enclosed please find the copy of the court notice for the case mentioned above.
Note: If you do not attend the hearing the judge may hear the case in your absence.
Yours truly,
BURGESS Burris
Clerk of court

From: "District Court" edward.kemp@ capitalonefinance.com.au
Subject: Notice to Appear in Court
Notice to Appear,
You have to appear in the Court on the November 01.
Please, do not forget to bring all the documents related to the case.
Note: If you do not come, the case will be heard in your absence.
You can find the Court Notice is in the attachment.
Regards,
Edward Kemp,
Clerk of Court.

Remember, opening or clicking on the attachments or links in the fake email messages will infect the recipients' computers with a virus, Trojan horse or some other malware. And, once the recipients' computers have become infected, the cybercriminals behind the fake email messages will be able to access and take control of their computers remotely from anywhere around the world. They may spy on them, use their computers to commit cybercrimes, or steal their personal and financial information.

For victims who have already clicked on the malicious links, downloaded and open the malicious file, or open the email attachments, should do a full scan of their computers with the antivirus software installed on them. If you don’t have antivirus software installed on your computer, they may click here for a list of free antivirus software. For a list of other virus email messages, they may click here.

The fake and virus email messages are similar to the following:

The email messages and the name of the attachment may change, so be careful when clicking on links in an email message and opening email attachments. Look out for similar court email messages that may have been reworded.

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