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Another Virus Message - This time it's Amazon

by mywebwork
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Hi

Many of you have been getting messages over the last few months that claim to have been from UPS or FedEX. These messages contain attachments for "shipping labels" that are actually viruses. Hopefully nobody has actually fallen for this scam.

Today I got yest another one of these, although this time it claims to be from Amazon. The message is titled "Your order has been paid! Parcel NR.3211.".

The message claims that my "order" has been paid and that I need to print a "shipping label" to receive it. Since when do you need to print a shipping label to receive a package? Not to mention that it's been at least 8 months since I ordered from Amazon, my Amazon account is tied to a different e-mail address that the one that got this and I'm currently in Canada and would have ordered from Amazon.ca!

Please don't open the attachment!

Bill
#amazon #message #time #virus
  • Profile picture of the author cadoutsource
    I have gotten the same emails but i just delete them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Poglia
    Thanks, but this is pretty common sense... NEVER open e-mail attachments before checking the sender and ALWAYS scan them with an updated antivirus. Computer newbies will find your post useful though.
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  • Profile picture of the author RNMKR
    Usually they all go to my spam folder .... I see at least 3 everytime I empty it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Barbara Eyre
      Yup, got my amazon spam email about 20 minutes ago. Since I knew I didn't order anything from Amazon (or elsewhere online) - I knew it was spam.

      I have been getting the UPS and DHL spam emails for a few weeks now. What is funny is that the first one came in while I was signing for a UPS package at the door (come back to the office and there it is in the inbox). Talk about timing!

      Sometimes there is a virus attached to these emails and other times there isn't. Avast has pretty good at catching those. Naturally, I don't open these at all - immediate delete and block senders (those the sending email is ever changing, so blocking might be a moot point).
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeff Henshaw
      I get loads of those emails too and simply report them as spam.

      The difficulty can arise, when one scammer 'gets lucky' and lands an email into the in-box of an email account used for that exact same service he or she is targeting.

      Only last week I received en email from PayPal, into my PayPal email account that looked and read like a real PayPal email (I've received many fraudulent ones in the past and always 'smelled a rat', but this one was very convincing). It even had a click-able PayPal https// link within it. Only when I checked the open headers did I become truly suspicious and when I forwarded it to spoof@paypal.com they confirmed it as a phishing email.

      One has to be so darn careful these days.

      Jeff.
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      • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
        Originally Posted by Jeff Henshaw View Post

        I get loads of those emails too and simply report them as spam.

        The difficulty can arise, when one scammer 'gets lucky' and lands an email into the in-box of an email account used for that exact same service he or she is targeting.

        Only last week I received en email from PayPal, into my PayPal email account that looked and read like a real PayPal email (I've received many fraudulent ones in the past and always 'smelled a rat', but this one was very convincing). It even had a click-able PayPal https// link within it. Only when I checked the open headers did I become truly suspicious and when I forwarded it to spoof@paypal.com they confirmed it as a phishing email.

        One has to be so darn careful these days.

        Jeff.
        Hi Jeff

        I've been getting those PayPal ones for years now, they do look authentic. They tell me that my account is about to be canceled unless I click a link right away. I have 2 PayPal account s(Business & Pro) and neither has ever been canceled, and the notes don't go to either accounts Primary e-mail address.

        I reported the UPS one to the UPS fraud squad when it first surfaced a few months ago. I'm sure by now Amazon is also aware of this.

        Thanks

        Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author Mo Goulet
    I actually saved one and renamed it "member registry" and uploaded it to my server for the thieves who come around trying to see what they can garnish freely from membership websites.

    I found out recently that one of the ways these idiots look for email addresses is to type inurl:email.php?AgentID= .net or AgentID "inurl:email php into Google and when they find a site they just type in the domain name followed by /register.php etc...

    NOW...Instead of finding a 401 error page they find a zipped file called "member registry" with instructions to click and open in excel.
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