1)An e-mail with a message that says "F.B.I. vs. Face book," which includes the above picture and has a link to download the Storm Worm botnet, that nasty piece of malware that connects infected computers and uses them for identity theft and spam.
2)Rather than stick with sensational headlines, swindlers are now manufacturing fake custom alerts from CNN and MSNBC that looks pretty legit at first glance, you'll be taken to a video player that tells you to download Adobe Flash, but instead turns out to be malware.
3)The Hitman - Recipients are being threatened with kidnapping (instead of just killing), and that the new e-mails contain more personal information that fool some people into thinking it's a valid threat. The best solution to this e-mail? To report any threatening messages they receive, which you can do via the FBI's Internet Crime Center.
4)Airline Tickets - E-mails are going out saying that your credit card has been used to purchase a ticket contained in an attached Zip file. If you open it the file, it downloads malware that can be used to steal your personal information. Should you receive an e-mail like this, contact authorities.
5)Holiday E-mails - Major holidays means it's time to be wary of any greeting cards from unknown senders. Many of these e-mails provide a link to see a message or download some sort of file, but really all you're doing is downloading the Storm Worm.
6)Cheaper Gas - Once again, scammers are going for what's in the news and people's innate desire to save some bucks by highlighting gas prices in spam e-mails. Either they're offering gas cards with locked in rates around $2.50 a gallon or they're hawking gadget that increase your mileage.
7)Political Scandal - Yes, fake news is all the rage for scammers and they've taken to politics for their latest sensational stories. The more recent versions of an e-mail purports to have a video of Obama having sex with a Ukrainian woman. Of course, you click on the video and it's malware.
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