USPS phishing scam targets customers with fake delivery emails
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Updated: 12:43 PM EDT Aug 24, 2017
WEBVTT
IL
PACKAGE SCAM THAT SEEMS VERY
REAL
KENNY: IT SURE LOOKED LEGIT.
THIS EMAIL ARRIVED IN MY YAHOO
INBOX MONDAY MORNING.
IT SAID FEDEX TRIED TO DELIVER A
PACKAGE TO MY HOUSE SUNDAY JUS
AFTER 11:00 A.M., BUT NOBODY WAS
THERE TO SIGN FOR IT SO I NEEDED
TO PRINT THE ATTACHED INVOICE
AND VISIT THE FEDEX LOCATION
INDICATED ON IT.
IF I DIDN'T DO IT WITHIN 24
HOURS, THE PACKAGE WOULD BE
RETURNED TO ITS SENDER, BUT A
FEW THINGS DIDN'T QUITE LOOK
RIGHT.
FIRST, WHILE I AM WAITING FOR
PACKAGES, I WASN'T WAITING FOR
ANYTHING INTERNATIONAL.
AND I WAS HOME YESTERDAY.
SECOND, THE SENDER'S EMAIL
ADDRESS LOOKED WEIRD -- NO
TO FEDEX -- NO REFERENCE TO
FEDEX AT ALL.
AND FINALLY, ON THE OFFICIAL
FEDEX WEBSITE, THE E IS
CAPITALIZED, BUT IN THIS EMAIL,
THE D WAS IN CAPS.
SO I DID NOT OPEN THE
ATTACHMENT.
INSTEAD, I CALLED FEDEX CUSTOMER
SERVICE.
BEFORE I COULD EVEN GIVE THEM MY
BOGUS RECEIPT NUMBER, THE WOMAN
TOLD ME IT WAS NOT LEGIT.
CYBER SECURITY EXPERTS SAY, WHEN
IN DOUBT NEVER OPEN THE
ATTACHMENT OR CLICK ON A LINK
UNLESS YOU ARE CERTAIN WHO IT IS
FROM, WHAT IT IS, OR WHERE YOU
WILL BE TAKEN.
USPS phishing scam targets customers with fake delivery emails
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Updated: 12:43 PM EDT Aug 24, 2017
Cybercriminals posing as the U.S. Postal Service continue to target consumers with phishing emails that claim packages are undeliverable. Then, potential victims are asked to click on fake tracking numbers that could download various forms of malicious software to their computers. This may include ransomware, which can freeze files, photos and other data on a device until a victim coughs up the demanded cash. It could also be spyware, which can track user activity or steal personal and financial data from an infected device. Even more alarming - the emails look authentic. Many come with a USPS logo and fake tracking numbers or bar codes. And hackers aren't just exploiting the U.S. Postal Service - phishing emails posing as UPS, FedEx and DHL have also been reported.Remain wary of emails from unknown sources that ask you to open an attachment or click on a link to learn more about a package delivery. The USPS won't email residents about parcels - the organization will call or leave a notice. Fake package delivery emails often look like this.
Cybercriminals posing as the U.S. Postal Service continue to target consumers with phishing emails that claim packages are undeliverable. Then, potential victims are asked to click on fake tracking numbers that could various forms of malicious software to their computers.
This may include , which can freeze files, photos and other data on a device until a victim coughs up the demanded cash. It could also be spyware, which can track user activity or steal personal and financial data from an infected device.
Even more alarming - the emails look authentic. Many come with a USPS logo and fake tracking numbers or bar codes. And hackers aren't just exploiting the U.S. Postal Service - , and DHL have also been reported.
Remain wary of emails from unknown sources that ask you to open an attachment or click on a link to learn more about a package delivery. The USPS about parcels - the organization will call or leave a notice.
Fake package delivery emails often
