> When I got home from that trip, the first thing
> I did was delete over 100 spam scams from my
> email.
>
> Then just now I got this:
>
> "Hello there,
>
> I would like to inform you about important
> information regarding your
> email address. This email address will be
> expiring.
> Please read attachment for details.
>
> ---
> Best regards, Administrator
> sarswirw"
>
> It came from an email address that appeared to
> be my ISP, but my suspicious nature kicked in
> like a bolt of lightning. Do email addresses
> expire? I've never heard anything about that.
> And do ISP's ever begin an email in such an
> unbusinesslike manner? And what the heck is a
> sarswirw? The whole thing smells like fish to
> me and I'm going to be very surprised it it is
> on the level.
> Howard

I got the same message in my E-mail inbox, with "message.zip" attached and with "admin@gmx.de" in the "From" field. There are several ways you can tell it's fake:

1) It has an attachment. There is no reason they would send the reasons why in an attachment.
2) Active E-mail accounts don't just expire like that. Some mail services expire accounts for inactivity, but just logging in once a month or so prevents that.
3) In my case, the fact that it was in English proved it was false, as my E-mail provider is German (long story short, I was trying to avoid a school E-mail block) and never ever has anything in English despite my valiant attempts to change that.

In short, delete it and do not open that attachment!

-Eric Sleator