leftyladyfrommo
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Mon Nov-28-11 06:15 PM
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New Scam Warning: UPS package not delivered. Don't open e-mail. |
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I just read this on the news. There is a new scam trying to trap online shoppers. It's an e-mail message that looks official. It's from UPS stating that your package could not be delivered.
It's a virus.
Don't open it.
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Mon Nov-28-11 06:17 PM
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1. If you have ordered something, you can track it from the UPS website. |
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No need to play the email game. Bastards.
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Mon Nov-28-11 06:54 PM
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5. That's what I always do. I haven't heard of this scam. n/t |
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Mon Nov-28-11 08:56 PM
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11. I received one, and they send them sporadically. It was when I was ordering stuff from Amazon. |
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I opened it and it was code, didn't go anywhere but I'd sure as hell like to know how they knew I was online tracking my shipments. I set my filter to send all of them to spam and don't open them now.
Although the problem actually began earlier, when I got scammed by what I thought was a good site, advertising on a site I usually ordered things from. It turned out the site was in English and selling American products but when it came it was from China and they insisted on a signatures at the post office.
I still gave it a try and it was essentially a blank box with nothing useful. Their return policy was to pay to ship it back to get a refund which was more than the item cost. And it wasn't that cheap.
They had an gmail account which when I looked it up was the source of many scams, and found out there are a lot of these. They are still online and scamming Americans. No way to stop these.
Watch for this, they do a good job of making the email fit what you are currently doing.Last one I looked at the title of, was the same scam, trying to make it look like they were FedEx, USPS and UPS. But I hadn't ordered anything for a long time..
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Mon Nov-28-11 06:20 PM
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2. Anyone dumb enough to open that attachment deserves whatever consequences ensue |
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Mon Nov-28-11 08:56 PM
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9. Thank you for clarifying the "attachment" portion of the warning |
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Too many people just say "don't open that email" when in reality, the email client automatically opens emails, unless you send them directly to the trash or something. Far as I know, the email itself isn't the problem, it's always the attachment, and anyone uninformed enough to open an attachment that they aren't 100% sure about is, well, bait for these scammers.
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Mon Nov-28-11 06:21 PM
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3. I get those nearly every day. |
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Fortunately, my virus scanner catches it every time.
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Mon Nov-28-11 06:41 PM
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4. What I've been getting lately is emails about my ACH bank payments |
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The fact that they go directly to my junk mail -- my bank is not on my junk mail list -- speaks for itself.
:headbang: rocktivity
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leftyladyfrommo
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Mon Nov-28-11 07:13 PM
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6. I get all kinds of weird notices |
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Edited on Mon Nov-28-11 07:14 PM by leftyladyfrommo
about uncredited payments or returned payments - that kind of thing.
Or notices about problems with my bank accounts.
My bank doesn't have my e-mail address and they wouldn't contact me that way if there was a problem. They would either send Certified Mail or phone.
One scammer here in Kansas City sent out problem warnings to people with accounts at an area bank. I guess they sent out thousands and the bank was trying to deal with it. It was all bogus.
Oh, and I've gotten e-mail warnings supposedly from the IRS. Problems with my tax account.
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Mon Nov-28-11 08:53 PM
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8. I got this a few months ago. nm |
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Mon Nov-28-11 08:56 PM
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10. I've been getting those emails for more than a year. |
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..... or my spam folder has, anyway.
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Mon Nov-28-11 09:23 PM
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12. I've been getting these for a while, and it's not just UPS. |
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Or I should say, allegedly UPS. DHL, too. They wind up in my spam folder. Just don't open the attachment and you should be okay.
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Mon Nov-28-11 09:32 PM
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13. UPS doesn't have my email address |
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I also have about 10 email boxes. Most are used for specific purposes, so when I get one of these or a phishing attempt on a box that has no connection to any business transacted, I know what it is.
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Mon Nov-28-11 09:40 PM
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14. Thanks for the tip, I will pass this on. |
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Mon Nov-28-11 09:46 PM
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15. I've e-mailed UPS about this - they're very aware this is happening and are working to fix it. |
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I got one of those same e-mails.
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Mon Nov-28-11 10:12 PM
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Then, FUCK 'EM.
Who cares??
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Tue Nov-29-11 08:21 AM
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18. I've seen both in my inbox. |
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Immediately tagged by my antivirus.
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