Yesterday I posted about an email scam that hit my inbox. The "Uniform Traffic Ticket" scam is reported to be spreading virus and malicious software to users who open the email. This email is bad new, but some have asked where to report the scam, and who might be interested. Please remember that you will never receive a traffic ticket through email. Your local DMV will not request information about you through email, and no state will notify you of a violation of their laws through emails.
Usually I would suggest reporting the scam email to the authority the email claims to be fome. This usually involves a bank or business of some type. In this case it is the state of NY so I would start with the NY Attorney General office. They may be interested to know that someone is posing at the State of New York to try to scam email users and spread nasty stuff.
http://www.ag.ny.gov/contact.html
You can also try contacting the Internet Crime Complaint Center. They are a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). And I think all three would have a hand in researching this "Uniform Traffic Ticket" email scam.
They can be found online http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
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