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Some Awesome Email Scams

by highrank
12 replies
It's hard to sound sarcastic in a thread title, but I can assure you that I don't think email scams are awesome.

Over the past few days I have recieved a number of extremely suspicous emails, which shocked me becuase I was nearly fooled by them.

I'd like to think of myself as being a pretty savvy email opener, but these scams are a lot more believable than "Your the relative of a Nigerian princess".

So, for your personal amusement/knowledge here are a couple of the emails I have recieved:

From: info 4 <info.4@ups.com>
To: contact@*.com
Subject: UPS notification

Dear customer.

The parcel was sent your home address.

And it will arrive within 3 business day.

More information and the tracking number are attached in document below.

Thank you.

Copyright © 1994-2011 United Parcel Service of America, Inc. All rights reserved.
The email above had a zip file attached. I didn't open it as I can only assume it is filled with nasty's.

At a glance, I was tempted to open the attachment though... then I remembered I live in the UK and have never recieved anything from UPS. :p

From: automailer -093 <automailer.-093@nyc.gov>
To: contact@*.com
Subject: Uniform traffic ticket

New York State — Department of Motor Vehicles
UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET
POLICE AGENCY

NEW YORK STATE POLICE

Local Police Code

THE PERSON DESCRIBED ABOVE IS CHARGED AS FOLLOWS

Time
7:25 AM
Date of Offense
07/05/2011
IN VIOLATION OF
NYS V AND T LAW

Description of Violation
SPEED OVER 55 ZONE
TO PLEAD, PRINT OUT THE ENCLOSED TICKET AND SEND IT TO TOWN COURT, CHATAM HALL., PO BOX 117
Okay this one was kinda crap, but if I lived in New York I might have downloaded the virus filled attachment.

I'm trying to laugh at these rather then explode with rage at the cheeky buggers who send this crap
#awesome #email #scams
  • Profile picture of the author Ping Geek
    What annoys me is when they use the name "Support" or "Support Staff" .. And I actually fell for it the first couple of times ..
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  • Profile picture of the author b1833
    Scammers have been doing that for a long time. Several years we had hundreds those coming to a company I worked for and we were blocking via our perimeter spam filter.

    Scammers will try anything.
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonParker
    I got the traffic ticket email yesterday. First time I've seen that. It came from "New York" though. Too bad I live in the south.
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  • Profile picture of the author Boomachucka
    Ooh, I've been getting these for a long time. Some supposedly from DHL as well.

    Really glad I have a well configured Spam catching script, haha.
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  • Profile picture of the author magiclouie
    I wonder where they got your email address.
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    • Profile picture of the author Targeted Traffic
      Originally Posted by magiclouie View Post

      I wonder where they got your email address.
      some possible reasons may be that:

      *you signed up somewhere or bought a product, and that the email list got sold
      * email-ads shown on Social Networking sites
      * received forwarded chain emails (I hate these stuff) - these are like balls which keep on rolling and gathering as much moss (your email) as it can.
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  • Profile picture of the author J Bold
    Gmail screens all those UPS ones for you, and sends you an email saying they stopped what looked like a suspicious message and if you would like to read it. They don't even let it get to your spam folder.

    Anyway, just use your head. Never believe any email you get saying they want you to reset your password. there was a very sophisticated one with Aweber recently which I almost fell for, so always be on your guard.
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  • Profile picture of the author g36
    Hahaha, I'm also getting the UPS notification email everyday, but it enters my spam folder. Wonder how the email sender could get my email address as I never gave my email to anyone.
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    :)

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  • Profile picture of the author BarryWheeler
    This is just a new spin on old scams that have been circulating the internet for a long time.

    If it feels wrong, chances are it is wrong.
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  • Profile picture of the author Becker13
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    haha email scams are the way of the future!
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  • Profile picture of the author pcpupil
    I just received the NY police ticket today.
    Like another poster,i live over here in AZ.
    Nice try guys.

    Have the DHL,and the UPS also.
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    I can help relieve your work load.Pm me
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