Beware of emailed UPS/FedEx Delivery Failure Notices

[Exile]

A friend of mine just notified me about a phishing scheme that is actually several months old. It involves trojan horse attachments to spoofed UPS/FedEx delivery notices. With the increased traffic of gifts and parcels at this time of the year, let's all be extra alert to this ruse. For more information see "UPS/ FedEx Delivery Failure"

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

They would not have my email addy anyway, so why would I think I had a legitimate message from them?

[disneysteve]

I don't know why people continue to allow themselves to be scammed by these ridiculous things. There was a show on Oprah this week about scams and the things people fell for are insane. They had scam written all over them. People need to stop being so darned gullible.

[simpleyme]

was a news story a few days ago about some local person who was scammed by someone from NIGERIA,
I am sorry but I rember news stories on that since I was just a wee one with 2 tv channels how could people be unaware of this?

[Gruntina]

I agree that these scams mentioned so far are easy to spot and easily avoided.

However, I have run into people who are generally smart people run into financial problems become so desperate to a point that they are not thinking logically and just trying to find ways to come up with money overnight. People who are in dire financial problems tend not to sleep well at night.

[Exile]

Originally Posted by Joan.of.the.Arch

They would not have my email addy anyway, so why would I think I had a legitimate message from them?

Some people just don't stop to think about about that. They assume that the notice is legitimate especally if the scammer is using the official company logo in the message.

[disneysteve]

Originally Posted by Exile

Some people just don't stop to think

Bingo. That's the answer right there. People don't think. A smidgen of common sense (which isn't so common) is all it takes to see that the vast majority of these scams are blatantly obvious to anybody paying the least bit of attention.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Originally Posted by simpleyme

was a news story a few days ago about some local person who was scammed by someone from NIGERIA,
I am sorry but I rember news stories on that since I was just a wee one with 2 tv channels how could people be unaware of this?

I saw a story about the Nigerian scam on 60 Minutes when I was a child, and I am going on 50 years old. The scam was certainly around well before the internet. (Geeze, how long has 60 Minutes been running?)

[MoneyTrev]

Thanks for the heads up.

A person that is close to me uses FedEx, UPS, DHL and many other delivery companies for their business everyday. This can certainly be a huge asset to them.

[Exile]

Originally Posted by MoneyTrev

Thanks for the heads up.

A person that is close to me uses FedEx, UPS, DHL and many other delivery companies for their business everyday. This can certainly be a huge asset to them.

You're welcome, MoneyTrev. As for those forum members who criticize people for being unsophisticated about these scams, wouldn't it be better to take off the black robes of judgment and educate others who may not be as savvy as you are in these matters? Also may I suggestlet that we have compassion for those (as per Gruntina's post) whose judgment becomes clouded when financial desperation sets in.

[simpleyme]

Originally Posted by Exile

You're welcome, MoneyTrev. As for those forum members who criticize people for being unsophisticated about these scams, wouldn't it be better to take off the black robes of judgment and educate others who may not be as savvy as you are in these matters? Also may I suggestlet that we have compassion for those (as per Gruntina's post) whose judgment becomes clouded when financial desperation sets in.

o for goodness sakes

okay be ware of any post asking money to be sent to Nigeria okay ?