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The email message below with the subject: "You have 1 new fax document," is a fake and has a malicious attachment. The fake and malicious email message is being sent by cyber-criminals to infect the recipients' computers with a virus or a Trojan horse. Therefore, any attempts to open the malicious attachment will infect the recipients' computers with a virus or Trojan horse, which will create a back-door on their computers that will allow cyber-criminals to come in and steal their personal and financial. The cyber-criminals will also take control of the victims' computers, which they will use for other fraudulent purposes.
Subject: You have 1 new fax, document 00539556From: Interfax (incoming@interfax.net)Attachment: fax00539556.zipYou have received a new fax.Please, download fax document attached to this email.Scanned in: 30 secondsQuality: 300 DPIFrom: Mike FisherFile size: 296 KbScanned at: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:19:43 +0300Pages sent: 12Fax name: fax00539556.docThanks for using Interfax service!
Subject: You have 1 new fax, document 00539556From: Interfax (incoming@interfax.net)Attachment: fax00539556.zip
You have received a new fax.
Please, download fax document attached to this email.
Scanned in: 30 secondsQuality: 300 DPIFrom: Mike FisherFile size: 296 KbScanned at: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:19:43 +0300Pages sent: 12Fax name: fax00539556.doc
Thanks for using Interfax service!
Remember, never open an email attachment that has a name ending with ".zip" from a suspicious email message or from an email message that you were not expecting.
Click here for a list of email attachments that you should never open, regardless of where they came from.
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