Re: Fwd: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System

[Dexter Caldwell <Dexter.Caldwell () FURMAN EDU>]

I've been receiving them for several months too.

Dexter
The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
<SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> writes:
> We received 3 as well.
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> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Timothy J. Fairlie
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:06 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Fwd: US Department of Justice Victim Notification
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> Got 3 of 'em today
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> On 1/17/2012 4:04 PM, Brent Sweeny wrote: 
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> is anyone else getting these sorts of USDOJ notices? they look and feel
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> like a phish (the generic opening is very suspicious, the 'victim id #'
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> and PIN are the same in all instances of the note, the whole premise
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> smells fishy, the references to later communication that so far haven't
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> happened, etc), but the URLs and phone numbers are legit, and there's no
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> fake reply-to or underlying URLs, so I can't find anything explicitly
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> wrong with it. even the mail headers look correct.   the note refers to
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> attached information, and while there's no attachment, I just assumed
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> the information is included, not literally 'attached.'
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>         thanks.  Brent Sweeny, Indiana University
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> -------- Original Message --------
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> Subject: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System
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> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:38:49 -0500 (EST)
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> From: Denielle Johnson [ mailto:fedemail () vns usdoj gov ]
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> To: Business Representative [ mailto:sweeny () indiana edu ]
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> U.S. Department of Justice
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> Federal Bureau of Investigation
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> January 17, 2012
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> Business Representative
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> RE:  288A-NY-303468
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> Dear Business Representative:
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> You previously received a notification that you were identified as a
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> potential victim of a federal crime.  Attached is additional information
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> related to the case.  You will be receiving a hard-copy version of this
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> notification and a personalized "Notice of Infected Computers"
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> attachment containing a unique passphrase to access the IP addresses
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> affected within your network.
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> Please note that it may take four to eight hours for you to gain access
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> to the Victim Notification System while our system is updated with
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> Due to the high volume of calls, we are unable to return messages or
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> speak to individuals directly.  Please do not contact the New York Field
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> Office at this time.  You will be able to obtain case status updates by
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> calling 877-236-8947.
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> Current information regarding the status of your case can be found on
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> the Internet at [ http://www.Notify.USDOJ.GOV ]www.Notify.USDOJ.GOV or by
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> Notification System (VNS) Call Center at 1-866-DOJ-4YOU
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> (1-866-365-4968). You will need to enter your Victim Identification
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> Number (VIN) 3524190 and your Personal Identification Number (PIN) 8098
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> anytime you contact the Call Center and the first time you log into VNS
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> You can also use the Call Center and the Internet to correct/update your
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> contact information and/or change your decision regarding participation
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> in the notification system. Please remember however, that the first time
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> you access the VNS Internet site, you will be prompted to enter your
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> last name (or business name) and need to enter it as currently contained
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> in VNS and spelled within this letter. Your participation in this
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> notification system is totally voluntary. You can choose not to
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> participate or reactivate your access at any time.
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> If you have any concern regarding the validity of this letter or would
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> like to speak with me regarding any questions you may have, please feel
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> free to call me at the number listed above. When you call, so that I can
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> assist you as promptly as possible, please provide me the file number
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> Sincerely,
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> New York Victim Assistance Program
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> If you do not want to receive email notifications from the Victim
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> Notification System (VNS) or wish to no longer participate in the
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> Department of Justice victim notification program, please log into the
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> VNS Web site at [ https://www.notify.usdoj.gov
> ]https://www.notify.usdoj.gov.  To stop receiving email
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> notifications or change your email address select My Information and
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> either remove your email address or provide a new address and click the
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> "update" button.  If you no longer wish to receive notifications in your
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> case or access the VNS Web site and toll free telephone service, select
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> Stop Receiving Notifications and follow the instructions on the screen.
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> If you believe you have received this email in error, please contact the
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> Please note, if this is the first notification you have received from
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> VNS you will need to wait 4-8 hours from receipt of this email before
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> you can login to the VNS Internet site ([ http://www.notify.usdoj.gov
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> addition, it will also be 4-8 hours before any documents which may have
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> Attachments have been referenced with this notification and are
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> available on the VNS Internet site (or will be available within 8
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> hours).  After you log into the Web site select "Downloads/Links" to
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> view the attachments.
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> -- 
> Timothy J. Fairlie, Director
> Network/User/Telecommunication Services (N.U.T.S) 
> Rider University Office of Information Technologies
> [ mailto:fairlie () rider edu ]fairlie () rider edu
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