Nice example of a 419-type scam that masquerades as an email from the non-existent Frank Adam at the Civil Aviation Authority, aimed at people whose air travel was disrupted by the Icelandic volcano.
Sorry, but I don’t think the CAA is not going to give you money if you were stranded on mainland Europe: a clear case of Advance Fee Fraud (AFF). More details on the Scam Detectives blog at http://www.scam-detectives.co.uk/blog/2010/05/04/volcanic-ash-scam/.
Tip of the hat to Graham Cluley for flagging the post.
David Harley FBCS CITP CISSP
Security Author/Consultant at Small Blue-Green World
Chief Operations Officer, AVIEN
ESET Research Fellow & Director of Malware Intelligence
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