John P
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| posted on 11/12/13 at 06:43 PM |
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Possible Fedex Scam
Got home today and had an e-mail apparently from Fedex saying they had a delivery they were unable to make as they needed some additional info and
asking me to click a link to their website.
Being suspicious I 'phoned Frdex so see if this was real and it's some form of scam they're aware off so they suggested deleting the
e-mail and then running an anti-virus scan.
Just thought I'd pass the warning on.
John.
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yellowcab
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| posted on 11/12/13 at 06:46 PM |
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Same goes for 'WhatsApp', DHL, Royal Mail, Amazon - there are lots out there containing .zip files.
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steve m
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| posted on 11/12/13 at 06:52 PM |
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It was also sent to every one at work, on the work email
must be a lot of parcels somewhere !!
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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yellowcab
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| posted on 11/12/13 at 06:54 PM |
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The Amazon ones are particularly good rip-offs.
The only give away is that the 'From field' is all in capitals, the rest looks cock-on.
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ian locostzx9rc2
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| posted on 11/12/13 at 08:02 PM |
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Just had one from hm customs and excise due a rebate with a zip file deleted haven't seen any of the others yet!
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 11/12/13 at 09:32 PM |
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I keep getting ones from companies house and vat.
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rick1962uk
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| posted on 11/12/13 at 09:48 PM |
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i cant believe any one falls for these scams but dont realy care any more as i have just had an email from a prince wanting to put his millions in my
bank for safe keeping so a new attom on order
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Oddified
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| posted on 11/12/13 at 10:41 PM |
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Had a few fedex ones this morning. Pretty easy to spot as spam when there's not even a company logo on them and the hyper links are directed to
spamRus.com.
Paypal, hsbc, dhl are also quite common as already mentioned.
Ian
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adithorp
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| posted on 11/12/13 at 10:58 PM |
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Had one last week from Royal Mail about a package with HMRC import taxes to pay. No sign of anything dodgy in the link addresses.
Checked with my brother who does send stuff this time of year (only reason I opened the mail) and it wasn't him so was about to delet, at which
point McAfee kicked in that it had quarantined a Trojan. Hadn't clicked any links.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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FASTdan
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| posted on 12/12/13 at 08:44 AM |
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Ah thats good to know - I had the Fedex ones yesterday, which coincided with a missing delivery from one of my suppliers who were using Fedex! I was
suspicious of the email though so didnt bother and instead contacted the supplier.
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jossey
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| posted on 12/12/13 at 09:30 AM |
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they must fall for them or they wouldnt send them.
happens alot unfortunately.
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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snakebelly
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| posted on 12/12/13 at 10:59 AM |
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Anything I receive that includes a zipped file attachment goes straight in the bin unless it's from someone I know and I would only open it once
I have spoken to them and established it was them that had sent it.
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