The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is aware that government contractors are receiving fraudulent solicitations from individuals using e-mail addresses disguised to appear as originating at the FMC.

The public is reminded that an FMC  government agency e-mail address always ends with the “.gov” extension. 

Individuals receiving unsolicited e-mails which appear to be from a sender  at the Federal Maritime Commission should:

• Make certain the e-mail address ends in “@fmc.gov”.
• Confirm that the e-mail address does not include, or end in, “.org” or any other domain abbreviation.

Any e-mail that does not have “@fmc.gov” at the end of the address did not originate at the Federal Maritime Commission.