Government or "Official" Email Scams

In order to look official and panic recipients into clicking virus-infested links, some email scams will claim to have come from the Federal Government or a similar official agency (see also the FBI scam). These emails often have the same tip-offs as most scam messages: many of the words are misspelled, some of the grammar is incorrect or unusual, hovering over the links will show mismatched link and link text, and the message contains some sort of threat or need for immediate action.

Here is an example of the "official" email scam (the arrows point out only some of the misspellings and grammar issues):