I had this email come in.I am expecting a package.I dont know if this is real or not?Anybody know?Seems strange.I have not cliced on any links.I thought the lady said it would be sent UPS.Well,this emailed picture shows both? What the?
Date: Friday, July 6, 2012 9:31 AM
From: Postal Service <status.id520@usps.com>
To: .net
Subject: USPS Shipment Status N8681
Size: 5 KB
Attachments:
You're smart to not click anything. This is a nice-looking fake. It's like the junk mail advertising that's designed to resemble a letter from Social Security, except this is even more of a scam.
There are a lot of viruses posing as package delivery confirmations and such.
I got one a few weeks ago as a "DHL" confirmation, and unfortunately believed it because I was expecting a package that hadn't come in yet.
FEDX USES USPS FOR DELIVERY SOMETIMES MYBE UPS IS ALSO
Run, run fast. USPS is not UPS. United Parcel Service is UPS. They got both in the email.
The postal service, here, has delivered packages, originally sent by UPS. I guess they have some kind of working agreement. The same is not true the other way around. I have never received a package that was originally mailed, but delivered by UPS. I was quite surprised the first time it happened, but then, it happened a second time. I have never asked the post office about it. As long as the package is delivered, I don't have any complaints.
Mack,
The entire E-mail is a single image - including the button. To see where it really is going to go if you click on it, float your mouse over the image / button and look at the bottom left corner of your browser to see what the URL actually is that you will be going to.
Common trick for scams is to have a legitimate looking URL to click on, but since it is an image not a real link, they take you somewhere else. If the USPS is sending you anywhere but to a USPS.com link it is bogus. Similar with UPS. There they will be sending you to UPS.com.
When you look at the URL like this beware that they are getting craftier and often embed the legitimate URL along with their bogus one. It would look something like this:
www.USPS.com.badguylink.ni.
The way to read these addresses is from right to left. That means the main link in my example is "badguylink.ni". The "www.USPS.com" is just a subordinate sub-link to that one meant to fool you into thinking it is legitimate.
Looking at the real USPS.com site, they have a request for you to send them a copy of the bogus E-mail. Look at USPS Postal Inspectors for details.
Yeah, it's most likely an attempt to get you to download a Virus or Trojan. If you are Receiving a package, why would you need to print a shipping label?
Of course, the fact that the url is that of the United States Postal Service (usps.com) and the signature is that of United Parcel Service (UPS) would raise a certain amount of doubt....
Let's hear another cheer for spammer stupidity!
The one I got was a Trojan. Within an hour, I had a fake "anti-virus" software alerting me to a virus, with the generous offer to remove it for me for only $29.99.
Of course, once they get your credit card info, all bets are off... I may have fallen for clicking the link, but I didn't fall for the anti-virus scam.
The supplier should supply you with a tracking number. You should be able to go to the actual shipper's web site and put in the tracking number if you want to follow your package along it's way.
What you have posted certainly looks like a scam to me.