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Posted: Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 4:54 AM HST
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FBI warns Hawaii residents about scam e-mails
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HONOLULU (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning Hawaii residents that scam e-mails purportedly from the FBI are flooding into the state from Nigeria.
FBI Special Agent Tom Simon says the bureau has received dozens of complaints about the e-mails in recent months. He says that probably means hundreds or thousands of other e-mail users have also received the fake messages.
The scam e-mails tell recipients they have won money and that the FBI is trying to verify the recipient's identity. It includes a picture of a U.S. citizen's passport and a fake FBI agent's name.
Special Agent-in-Charge Charlene Thornton of the FBI's Honolulu office says the e-mails are probably an "advance fee scheme" in which recipients are asked to send money to later get a larger sum.
(Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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