Video: FBI email scam

A new e-mail scam has some people scared of leaving their homes.

“It says we will stop at nothing, pick you up off the street you’ll never see us coming,“ said Lynn Powell of Glassboro, New Jersey.

Powell and her husband have been afraid to walk out of their home because of threats she is receiving in her inbox.

Powell has been receiving e-mails that look very official for the last week.

The e-mails claim to be from the anti-terrorist and monitory crimes division of the FBI.

The e-mail includes FBI insignia and a picture of FBI Director Robert Mueller.

The e-mail asks for over $500 to obtain documents.

Powell was told if she didn’t send the money within 24 hours that she would be arrested and detained as a money launderer and/or terrorist.

“It just made me physically ill and this email could come from anyone’s computer,“ said Powell.

FBI officials say the e-mails are a scam.

After closer inspection this seems to be a new twist on old scams like the Nigerian e-mail scam, the lottery notification scam and others.

Still, the FBI is concerned that this new version looks more official than most and is frightening people.

The FBI is encouraging people to keep an eye out on this scam and others.