Full Notification

All:

Please note that the CDC Office of General Council (OGC) has requested the following be posted to the 'CDC Hoaxes and Rumors' website located at: http://www.cdc.gov/hoaxes_rumors.html

CDC has received reports of fraudulent emails (phishing) referencing a CDC sponsored State Vaccination Program. The messages request that users must create a personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov website. The message then states that anyone that has reached the age of 18 has to have his/her personal Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov site.

CDC has NOT implemented a state vaccination program requiring registration on www.cdc.gov. Users that click on the e-mail are at risk of having malicious code installed on their system. CDC reminds users to take the following steps to reduce the risk of being a victim of a phishing attack:

.Do not follow unsolicited links and do not open or respond to unsolicited email messages.

.Use caution when visiting un-trusted websites.

.Use caution when entering personal information online.


Visit their website (http://www.cdc.gov/hoaxes_rumors.html) to see an example of the Phishing e-mail.