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e-mail. A number of cases have recently been confirmed where someone who pretended to be an officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) had sent an ... AboutUs News ForeignPolicy Countries&Regions ConsularServices Top > News > OtherInformation > Pleasebecautiousofavirus-infectedemailsentfromsomeonepretendingtobeanofficeroftheMinistryofForeignAffairs OtherInformation Pleasebecautiousofavirus-infectedemailsentfromsomeonepretendingtobeanofficeroftheMinistryofForeignAffairs November29,2016 Japanese Tweet AnumberofcaseshaverecentlybeenconfirmedwheresomeonewhopretendedtobeanofficeroftheMinistryofForeignAffairs(MOFA)hadsentanemailwithanattachmentthatcontainedavirus,oralinktoasuspicious-lookingwebsite. Ifyoureceivesucha"hoaxemail,"anemailfromanunknownsource,oronethatyouarenotsureisvalid(particularly,anemailsentfromafreewebmailaccount),wewantyoutojustdeleteitwithoutopeninganyattachmentorclickingonanylinkinit. TheMOFAhasgivendueconsiderationtoadoptingappropriatesecuritymeasures,includingsettingsoftheemailserverthatdisallowmailfromopenrelays(whichallowthird-partyrelayofemailmessagesandareoftensubjecttoexploitationbyunscrupuloussenders),antivirusprogramstopreventthetransmissionofvirus-infectedemails,andstepped-upmonitoring.TheMOFAisdeterminedtocontinueenhancingnecessarysecuritymeasures. PageTop BacktoOtherInformation