A friend here in Central Florida got the email too, early in January. Didn't seem to be any reason why they were targeted. Did a "go back" and that cleared it.

These can destroy everything in your computer, my husband opened on last year, lost everything plus hard drive.

I've gotten those and check offers, etc. Yahoo has been doing a good job and putting them in Spam. I just delete them.

Our local TV station is always saying THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT CONTACT YOU BY EMAIL! So if you get something from a government agency, it's a fraud!

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Be very care opening e-mails from Paypal. Since I almost never do business with them, there should be no reason for them to want to know about my bank account.

I have received those in past years also... yup, is a scam

I have also learned it is good to hover over the senders information if the subject line is suspect. I have a friend who emails me every once in a while, but I always hover over her information because there are many times it isn't really from her. I can't open them and send them to her because the damage is done then.

I also don't open emails from people I don't know unless we have talked and I will tell them to put something special in the subject line so I know it's from them and is safe to open.