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Old 03-11-2011, 04:25 AM
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Hi,

There was a clever one in my email the other day, it was purporting to be from Fedex, trying to deliver a parcel. It was well worded, with no obvious silliness.

It said I was not at home when they called (and I had in fact been out), and that the attachment should be printed out and taken to the local Post Office for pickup.

Indeed I was at that time expecting a parcel to arrive, and did not know exactly which carrier the sender was using.

Ooooh, sneaky. By why was Fedex using Australia Post, hmmm? So I scanned the attachment, and sure enough, a Trojan virus.

Cheers

Last edited by GeoffW1; 03-11-2011 at 01:16 PM. Reason: typo
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