I just got off the phone with the FDIC to confirm that the email listed below is a scam, if you recieve any emails like this I was instructed by an FDIC information specialist to delete them.
To whom it may concern;
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it is enough to suspect that currency violations may have occurred in your account and due to this activity we have withdrawn Federal Deposit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/index.htm
# Address actully goes to
# http://www.fdic.gov%01@202.63.206.88/index.htm
# or 202.63.206.88/index.htm
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
A quick whois on that adress shows that the site lays somewhere in pakistan
inetnum: 202.63.192.0 - 202.63.223.255
netname: CUBEXS
descr: CubeXS Private Lmited
descr: Internet Service Provider
descr: Data Entry
descr: Software House
descr: 310-311 Kassam Court
descr: B.C. 9, Block 5, Clifton
descr: Karachi, Pakistan
country: PK
admin-c: AR22-AP
tech-c: AR22-AP
remarks: aly@cubexs.net.pk
mnt-by: MAINT-PK-CUBEXS
changed: hostamster@apnic.net 20000306
status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE
source: APNIC
person: Aly Ramzan
address: CubeXS Private Limited
address: 310-311, Kassam Court, B.C.9,
address: Block 5, Clifton,
address: Karachi, Pakistan
country: PK
phone: +9221-5877946
fax-no: +9221-5877950
e-mail: aly@cubexs.net.pk
nic-hdl: AR22-AP
mnt-by: MAINT-NEW
changed: aly@cubexs.net.pk 20000105
source: APNIC
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