Phoney copyright infringement e-mail with virus

AFBlue

In the last week or so, an e-mail has been making the rounds saying the recipient has infringed on copyrights held by the Lumberton Trading Company. The attachment is a word document with a trojan horse virus.

The e-mail states it is from a New York law firm Crosby & Higgins (a real law firm). They have posted an alert on their web site at http://www.crosbyhiggins.com/emailalertupdate.htm concerning the fraudulent e-mail.

The e-mail says: " Enclosed is a copy of the lawsuit that I filed against you in court on March 11, 2010. Currently the Pre-Trial Conference is scheduled for April 10th, 2010 at 9:30AM in courtroom #33. The case number is 3485934. The reason the lawsuit was filed was due to a completely inadequate response from your company for copyright infringement that our client Lumberton Trading Company is . Lumberton Trading Company has proof of multiple Copyright Law violations that they wish to present in court on April 10th, 2010.

Obviously, you should not open the attachment in the e-mail (or in any other e-mail from other than a totally trusted source).

Jerry