{"id":281,"date":"2009-05-25T12:02:21","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T12:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:12:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T14:12:17","slug":"transmission-of-scam-e-mail-claiming-to-be-from-us-customs-and-border-protection-cbp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/email-scam\/transmission-of-scam-e-mail-claiming-to-be-from-us-customs-and-border-protection-cbp\/","title":{"rendered":"TRANSMISSION OF SCAM E-MAIL CLAIMING TO BE FROM U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION (CBP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>27\u2019Th Apr, 09 a spam e-mail charging to be from former CBP Assistant Commissioner Thomas S. Winkowski is at present being distributed. This effort to swindle is the typical e-mail scam using the name and reputation of a federal government official to produce an air of genuineness.<\/p>\n<p>The spam e-mail point outs the CBP has congested a Diplomat who is carrying a batch to be distributed to the recipient\u2019s abode. This consignment purportedly contains millions of dollars, which is naked to be a legacy for the e-mail beneficiary.<br \/>\nAs with many other scams, this e-mail advises the recipient they will be permitted to access this legacy once the recipient has given the dispatcher of the e-mail their own information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This e-mail is a trick. Do not respond.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. CBP does not send unsolicited e-mails. Consumers should not respond to unwanted e-mails or click on any embedded links, as they may contain viruses or malware.<\/p>\n<p>It is imperative consumers guard their personally identifiable information (PII). Examples of a person\u2019s PII include, but are not limited to: date of birth; social security number; and bank account numbers. (<a href=\"https:\/\/hitechgazette.com\/tramadol-overnight\/\">hitechgazette<\/a>)  Providing your PII will compromise your identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27\u2019Th Apr, 09 a spam e-mail charging to be from former CBP Assistant Commissioner Thomas S. Winkowski is at present being distributed. This effort to swindle is the typical e-mail scam using the name and reputation of a federal government official to produce an air of genuineness. The spam e-mail point outs the CBP has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness","category-email-scam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3045,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/3045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}