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Fed Ex spam

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#1

Beware of a Fed Ex spam e-mail going around.

<<FedEx

Order: VGH-7801-0966394453
Order Date: Friday, 14 December 2012, 01:21 PM

Dear Customer,

Your parcel has arrived at the post office at December 20.Our courier was unable to deliver the parcel to you.

To receive a parcel, please, go to the nearest our office and show this receipt.

DOWNLOAD POSTAL RECEIPT

Best Regards, The FedEx Team.>>

Notice the spacing and misuse of grammar, (nearest our office). Also the inbox will have numerous CC addresses.
Besides, we had nothing on order during this time.

#2
John Bouck said:
Beware of a Fed Ex spam e-mail going around.

<<FedEx

Order: VGH-7801-0966394453
Order Date: Friday, 14 December 2012, 01:21 PM

Dear Customer,

Your parcel has arrived at the post office at December 20.Our courier was unable to deliver the parcel to you.

To receive a parcel, please, go to the nearest our office and show this receipt.

DOWNLOAD POSTAL RECEIPT

Best Regards, The FedEx Team.>>

Notice the spacing and misuse of grammar, (nearest our office). Also the inbox will have numerous CC addresses.
Besides, we had nothing on order during this time.


I got this one. Noticed the grammar right away. “DOWNLOAD POSTAL RECEIPT” was the clincher to stay away from this thing!!!:slight_smile:

#3

Yeah - going to the post office to get a Fedex delivery seems a bit suspect!

There’s another innocuous one going around that seems quite legit - until you realise you don’t know the sender - and it got through my AOL spam filter into my inbox.

IF IN DOUBT DO NOT CLICK THE LINK !!!

#4

My advice to anyone is never, never click a link unless you know the authot of the email. And if it something like this then never click unless you are expecting a package.

#5

I just got back from the Post Office, after mailing some letters, and there were 3 people in there trying to pick up their “Fed Ex” Packages.
Freakin’ Amazing!!
I announced to them it was Spam. And these were younger, intelligent people. Not an old fart like me.
I said if you clicked on the link, you are in for it. Run a spyware cleaner right now!

#6

Honestly, the sad part is that you should NEVER click links in emails, even if you DO know the sender. Someone else could have been infected, and the infection is trying to mail itself out using their address book.

Online security is more critical than personal real world security because the things we’d never do in the real world, we think nothing of doing online.

The two best podcasts that help explain all these dangers and what you can do to protect yourself are “Security NOW” with Steve Gibson and Leo Laparte of This Week In Tech (out of California); also “Soundbytes” with Dave Enright, Steve Rea and Nick Francesco (out of Rochester NY). You will notice I am not including a link here to emphasis the “no clicks” policy. Google “Security Now with Steve Gibson” and “Soundbytes” (with) “org”. Make sure you go to the dot ORG site, the COM is a hearing aid site.

#7

The spam warning above is well heeded. As others wrote, the poor grammar, misuse of punctuation and the fact that you are not expecting a FedEx package are all indications that this is a ruse.

On the other hand, I regularly get FedEx packages delivered at the U.S. Post Office. Here is the FedEx description of their “SmartPost:”

Quote:
FedEx SmartPost

When it comes to low-weight shipping for residential customers, consider the efficient, economical FedEx SmartPost service. By utilizing the U.S. Postal Service® for final delivery, FedEx SmartPost reaches every U.S. address, including P.O. boxes and military APO, FPO and DPO destinations. You can even use FedEx SmartPost to ship to Alaska, Hawaii and all U.S. territories.


I use the FedEx SmartPost service all the time.

Bottom line is that FedEx does ship packages that are final delivered by the USPS. That alone is NOT an indicator of a scam or fraud.

Happy RRing,

Jerry

#8

As for picking up Fed Ex or UPS packages at the post office
there is nothing unusual about that in this area. People regularly pick up
these packages at our local rural Post Office. You can see one or the other
if not both company’s trucks at the PO several times a week.

As for the Spam Email, well damn, you just gotta use your head a little bit sometimes.

Happy New Year.
Rick