is this a hoax email!!??
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Topic: is this a hoax email!!??
Posted By: BaAsKa
Subject: is this a hoax email!!??
Date Posted: 20 January 2010 at 9:45pm
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Iv had 5 emails over the past week or so from an american mail service saying that my parcel cant be delivered due to address error and to go into the postal service with the form attached to the email.....
I havnt ordered anything in particular but i did go signing up for free stuff a while back... Im a bit dodge about opening up the attachment incase its a virus.... what do you reckon??? anyone had this email??? |
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 20 January 2010 at 9:50pm
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did the email look something like this
Hello! The courier company was not able to deliver your parcel by your address. Cause: Error in shipping address. You may pickup the parcel at our post office personaly! Please attention! The shipping label is attached to this e-mail. Please print this label to get this package at our post office. Please do not reply to this e-mail, it is an unmonitored mailbox. Thank you. United Parcel Service. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 20 January 2010 at 9:51pm
| yup thats it for sure!!!???..... |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 20 January 2010 at 9:54pm
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Please attention! That's good English.
Delete, delete, delete, then block the address it's coming from ------------- 
 
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 20 January 2010 at 10:10pm
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yup sounds like a virus so do not open the attachment ------------- http://lilypie.com">
http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: catisla
Date Posted: 20 January 2010 at 10:48pm
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have heard that this is a virus - i have had 2 of these as well.
Yeah - it was the 'please attention'! bad english that alerted me  ------------- |
Posted By: ooEvaoo
Date Posted: 20 January 2010 at 11:05pm
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Yup most definitely a virus...DO NOT open!!!...have had an email about it as well as my MIL in Saudi received the same email. ------------- 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 21 January 2010 at 7:32am
gez they cunning buggers arnt they!!!
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Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 21 January 2010 at 8:07am
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yep it is a hoax! Got one this morning and my antivirus picked it up. I am expecting a parcel so rang them and they said (DHL) that their tracking numbers never start with a 0 and never have letters in them. Stupid hoax emails! ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4 
 
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Posted By: squoggs
Date Posted: 21 January 2010 at 9:11am
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hmm I got one as well
I did wonder after it said UPS couldn't find my physical address - well that would be because I'm in NZ, or you're scammer! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 21 January 2010 at 3:17pm
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if you think an email looks dodgy you can try checking http://www.snopes.com - www.snopes.com they usually pick up urban myths and viruses etc and do some background checking to see if there is any validity to it.
I searched for 'undeliverable package' and came up with http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp - this which sounds like what you have. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: Lou1972
Date Posted: 21 January 2010 at 5:49pm
| I''ve had 4 or 5 of those ones from UPS in the last few weeks.Definately a scam,they didnt even get my name right,same first name,different last name. |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 21 January 2010 at 6:26pm
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got another 1 this morning! gosh they make me so mad!!!
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