PHISHING SCAM - CDC Sponsored State Vaccination Program for H1N1

From: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention [mailto:cdc@service.govdelivery.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:40 AM
To: Melendez, Efrain
Subject: PHISHING SCAM - CDC Sponsored State Vaccination Program for H1N1
PHISHING SCAM - CDC Sponsored State Vaccination Program for H1N1
CDC has received reports of fraudulent emails (phishing) referencing a CDC sponsored State Vaccination Program for H1N1. The messages request that users create a personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile on the CDC.gov web site.
An example of the phishing email is below:
You have received this e-mail because of the launching of State Vaccination H1N1 Program.

You need to create your personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov website. The Vaccination is not obligatory, but every person that has reached the age of 18 has to have his personal Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov site. This profile has to be created both for the vaccinated people and the non-vaccinated ones. This profile is used for the registering system of vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. Create your Personal H1N1 Vaccination Profile using this link:
Create Personal Profile
Users that click on the embedded link in the email 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.
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