Hacker emails Town citizen threatening message; claims to be with FBI.
EMAIL SCAM ALERT: A citizen reported a threatening email claiming to be from the FBI. Further investigation showed that the email was not from the FBI, but from an email hacker. Citizens are reminded not to click on unknown links in emails, download suspicious attachments, or provide personal information in response to an unsolicited email.
For more information, please follow this link to the Microsoft page on internet safety:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-symptoms.aspx
If you cannot click on that link, copy and paste it into your browser.
Address/Location
Town of Beloit, WI Police Department
1133 East Inman Parkway
Beloit, WI 53511
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 608-757-2244
Melissa Corum
Administration
[email protected]
608-364-2984