A Virus warning - spoof email from UPS

[pmrid]

I recently bought some gear that was shipped to me by UPS and it can't be a total coincidence that on thew same day the item cleared customs in Sydney, I got a spoof email purporting to be from UPS and enclosing an attachment (purporting to be a delivery label containing some error) that the email told me to open and print. My server identified it as a virus (PostLabel1598.rar, virus infected: Mal/EncPk-AAN,Mal/RarMal-C) and deleted it thankfully but beware oif receiving any email that says something like this:
" Good afternoon
I regret to say that it was impossible to deliver the parcel to your
address.
The call was for the wrong address.
You may pickup the parcel at our post office personally!
Please mind!
In the attached file you can see your shipping label.
To get the parcel in the post office you need to print this shipping
label.
Please do not reply to this e-mail, it is an unmonitored mailbox.
Benedict Siers"

The virus in the attachment is a particularly nasty one.

Peter.

[Sarge]

Thanks Peter, will keep it in mind. I am waiting on several books from USA. :2thumbs:

Rod
:D:D

[mswhin63]

Thanks Peter, mind you I would suspect UPS have a hacker because it sounds to coincidental.

[Jules76]

It's not new, these are scams people have created over the years to trick people into thinking they are legit by blinding spamming everyone hoping for a hit. It's purely a coincidence that you've received one when waiting on a package, and it's those coincidences that the scammers are hoping for to help "legitimise" the email.

UPS are aware of these and others:

http://www.ups.com/media/en/fraud_email_examples.pdf

You just need to use common sense. As much as we are in a "digital age", courier companies are still in the last century when it comes to communications. In all the years I've received numerous packages from overseas from just about every courier service in the book, I have NEVER received an email about a package which they failed to deliver, or was stuck in customs etc. Letters are still king. Besides, retailers rarely give this information to couriers in the first place since they don't require it. A delivery address, a contact name and phone number is all they want.

Just be cautious. :thumbsup: