14 DAY TRIAL // The US Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) is warning Internet users about phishing emails that attempt to trick recipients into handing over their personal and financial information.
The fake emails purport to come from the “Office of the Division of Criminal Investigation, or DCI;” however, CID representatives say that such an organization doesn’t exist within the Army.
The scammers tell users that fraudulent activities have been discovered with a company they had contact with.
“Our job is to recover all the money paid to this fraudsters and charge them to court thereafter in order to decrease crime rate all over the world,” the email read, according to Army Times.
It’s believed the emails most likely originate from Western Africa.
The CID informs internauts, from both the Army community and the public, that the bogus emails contain misspelled words, grammatical or punctuation errors, and they request personal or financial information, and even money.
Those who receive emails purporting to come from the “Office of the Division of Criminal Investigation, or DCI” are advised to forward them to [email protected].