Phony 'Delivery' emails

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

In case you haven't seen them yet there are spam emails that pretend to be from Fedex, UPS, USPS and other shippers that say you missed their delivery. They ask you to click on a link to claim your package. If you do you'll be sorry.

It's just like the lottery scams. If you didn't buy a lottery ticket you didn't win it. If you didn't order a package you didn't miss its delivery.

[guitarkeys.com]

And next your going to tell everyone that Bill Gates isn't giving me money for forwarding his email... you just want to keep all the money for yourself!

[shane2943]

No joke!

I'm waiting for my deposit direct to my bank account from the Saudi Prince who I am apparently related to. Small world!

[Israel]

my wife send me an email a couple of weeks ago i send it to the spam bin thinking it was some stupid spammer then she asked me "do u received my email??? it was a pic of the pregnancy test .....i am ..........."" oh gosh lottery w/o playing??? a jet to deliver package???

[subharmonic]

The best are phone calls if your lucky enough to get one and have time to talk to them. Apparently George Washingot has a lot of cash or Walmart gift cards for me in the Bank of America in Washington DC. But he cant just send it to me for some reason but if front a little cash it will grease the eagles wings..

[67baja]

Where are the I.I.P. (International Interweb Polizei) when you need them? Freekin crooks trying to prey on the gullible and the desperate.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

Where are the I.I.P. (International Interweb Polizei) when you need them? Freekin crooks trying to prey on the gullible and the desperate.

If you check the source IPs they're usually from China and Russia. Instead of putting up a fence on the Mexican border we should have a firewall that stops emails from China and Russia.

[subharmonic]

Instead of putting up a fence on the Mexican border we should have a firewall that stops emails from China and Russia.

Then where will our mail order brides come from? Price will skyrocket....you need to think this through more.

[tartan]

Where are the I.I.P. (International Interweb Polizei) when you need them? Freekin crooks trying to prey on the gullible and the desperate.

If you check the source IPs they're usually from China and Russia. Instead of putting up a fence on the Mexican border we should have a firewall that stops emails from China and Russia.

pfSense + pfBlocker can do this if you run your own mail server. Or outsource to rollernet.us, which has some free options.

BTW, Bill ... what mail server should I see this board's notifications coming from? I sign up for email alerts, but never get them. And I don't find them in my spam quarantine either.

[coolhandjjl]

You mean there isn't a warrant out for my arrest in (insert name of state I've never been to)?

And I'm not about to be evicted from my residence?

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

You mean there isn't a warrant out for my arrest in (insert name of state I've never been to)?
And I'm not about to be evicted from my residence?

The lastest scam I've been getting says that 'your shopping cart is ready to be shipped'. They want you to click on a link, which of course isn't a shopping cart. Click on it and they've infected your computer.
These scams try to take advantage of your curiosity.
But these clowns aren't geniuses. Yesterday I got an email from Robert Mueller, Director of the FBI. It must have been sitting in his outbox since at least last September, when he retired.

[BrentEvans]

Another one that seems to be going around is an announcement from a funeral home that your loved one has passed away. They offer a link to an obituary that apparently leads to a virus that sends itself out to everyone in your contact list, among who knows what else.

It's particularly cold, I think, in that by evoking emotions associated with the death of a loved one, iit taps a part of the psyche that most people consider somewhat sacred.

As with most spam, it's notably vague, the subject line doesn't match the content (different funeral home names) and the link URL is hidden. Also particularly nasty is the fact that it masquerades as being from a real funeral home in Florida, who of course have been inundated with calls.

[escapemcp]

Another one that seems to be going around is an announcement from a funeral home that your loved one has passed away. They offer a link to an obituary that apparently leads to a virus that sends itself out to everyone in your contact list, among who knows what else.

It's particularly cold, I think, in that by evoking emotions associated with the death of a loved one, iit taps a part of the psyche that most people consider somewhat sacred.

Yes, they don't give a shit. Had an old chap phone me up and he was a bit hesitant in describing the problem... went round his house to discover PC was blocked with a metropolitan police sign saying they had found child porno on his PC (how ). He was terrified that somehow in his slight ignorance, he had accidentally downloaded some kiddie porn (he hadn't btw). I explained that it was a virus and removed it (although it was a real sod to remove - probably the worst I have come across).
The metropolitan police only cover London, so why were they sending stuff to the west country? He was so worried that he might actually be guilty of having child porn on his PC by mistake he was thinking of paying the fine - I think that it was only the complicated payment system that stopped him making the transaction (thinking that would have ended it) and calling me instead.

They're c**ts (sorry to use that word, but they are)

On a different note (back on OP's(!) topic), I got a parcel the other day, but DIDN'T get any notification that it was waiting at the local post office. On that occasion it was only my curiosity that discovered that it was there! Apparently the guy is franchised out and he often can't be arsed to visit the more remote houses (a whole 2 miles away from the PO ), so he just drops it off at the PO and says he has put a note through the door of the receiving party when he hasn't. WTF!