I am currently expecting a delivery from a well known computer parts company. Delivery is by Aus Post.
Is it a coincidence that the day before I am expecting the parcel to arrive I get an email with Aus Post all over it saying there has been a "delivery exception" and that I need to click on a button to view the delivery label. Threatened there would be charges if I did not pick up the parcel in four days.
Of course hovering the mouse over the button revealed a very sus overseas internet address.
I am used to these types of scams but I wondered if there is any way the scammers could know I had ordered something for delivery by Aus Post.
Or is it just a coincidence???
Ian
I'd guess it's a coincidence. The scammers just send it to enough people and they're bound to get someone. I used to get fake security alert emails from major banks I have no accounts with (requiring clicking a link and entering username + password on a look-alike website).
Yep, just had three of these over the last three days.
And just after I'd received the last of a number of items ordered from overseas and Aus. But I think it was only a coincidence.
I got a couple of similar emails about 2 weeks ago about an OZ post service ( that I have never used ) , Deleted without opening and changed my Yahoo PW , they are very convincing tho , for sure and I can imagine many getting stung by these parasites .
Just delete cold calls via email , like we all do with phone ones .
You need to ask yourself, how did they get my email address.
If I buy some crap off ebay I'll sometimes get delivery notices but not often.
i've set up a separate email address for paypal and if I see an email was delivered to that paypal address and it's from a mail courier it might be real.
Using a distinct paypal only address also lets me know that someone I bought from is sending me spam. Makes it easier to block it.
Funny you mention that. I don't think it is a coincidence at all . It happens to me consistently when I send registered or express mail from my local post office in green valley. Auspost is a big enough organisation for the right hand not to know what the left hand is doing and they're prone to hacking and an attractive target as well. It is not hard to get people's email address and a basic understanding of the transactions they do, so every man and his dog is fishing out there with these scams for a quick buck to make.
Having said that a lot of companies now outsource part of their services and their supply chains. Too many cooks in the kitchen, many more uncontrollable point of failures and security gaps. And let's not talk about customers privacy and the fine prints. That's laughable....
Hi all,
You need to be very careful of these aus post emails.
The email usually includes a link which directs you to a site with a link that contains the Cryptolocker virus.
This is not a virus you want to get, as it will encrypt your files and ask for a ransom. From what I have seen in the past, once encrypted, it is very difficult to resolve. All cases of cryolocker type virus I have seen have come from Australia post and DHL emails.
Make sure you keep backups and disconnect from you pc once completed.
Hope this will prevent someone from getting this virus.
Thanks
Andrew....
A person at my work receives a lot of these along with other scam emails.
Most of them will be an email claiming to have a purchase order or invoice attached. Others include bank scams, paypal, telstra and ebay which can look very legit.
Sometimes there will be a "court documents" email scam which this person fell for and unleashed a crypto virus on their computer. She had a court case at the time so that is why she opened it.
Most of the time the email with have a .zip or .js attached which contain the virus.
Luckily the virus she opened didn't go through the server and I was able to restore a backup, otherwise all her files would have been toast!
A person at my work receives a lot of these along with other scam emails.
Most of them will be an email claiming to have a purchase order or invoice attached. Others include bank scams, paypal, telstra and ebay which can look very legit.
Sometimes there will be a "court documents" email scam which this person fell for and unleashed a crypto virus on their computer. She had a court case at the time so that is why she opened it.
Most of the time the email with have a .zip or .js attached which contain the virus.
Luckily the virus she opened didn't go through the server and I was able to restore a backup, otherwise all her files would have been toast!
Yes nobody is safe these days. I'm very aware of these scams and even I've been nearly caught by a dropbox file originating from my solicitor who uses that on occasions to send me files, so I didn't think twice about it. One moment of inattention is all it takes. Luckily I'm using a hardware gate that stopped me in my tracks as I clicked on the link from the email. Otherwise I would have been toast. And I liked to think of myself as someone it would never happen to. Reality check... Shows nobody is safe. It's not a matter of "if" but "when" unfortunately.
I have always pondered hypothetically with banking scams what would happen if someone...
Did a Google search for any of the public e-mail account used by the Managing Director of said bank, enter that e-mail id and any dummy password - see how quickly and seriously the Bank's fraud division gets involved when their MDs account has a hack attempt or gets locked out after several password tries.
I keep wondering what is going on. Several times in the last month, just after ordering something at Ebay, i keep getting fake Aust Post emails with tracking numbers telling me that my item couldn't be delivered and to go to the Post Office to pick it up (but the Post Office isn't named, whereas real Aust Post emails always give the name of the Post office).
And twice, the very next day, I had the card in the mail box to go pick up the items.
What I don't understand is that there isn't any link in the scam emails to click on, so that they can do their evil actions.
Perhaps trying to set me up for a hit further down the track?
Regards,
Renato
I got a couple of similar emails about 2 weeks ago about an OZ post service ( that I have never used 
) , Deleted without opening and changed my Yahoo PW , they are very convincing tho , for sure and I can imagine many getting stung by these parasites .
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