Fed Ex email scam.

[ToyfareMark]

I just got an email saying Fed Ex had package they couldn't deliver to me, and that I needed to print out a receipt. I didn't click any link or anything in the email, and simply went to fedex.com and entered the tracking number that turns out didn't exist.

Fed Ex does have a warning about it on their site.

www.fedex.com/us/update2.html

Just a heads up to those who don't know about it.

[CM Dazz]

Thanks for posting! Emailed this to my family who are always ordering shit online.

[Deleted]

Oh crap....

Nothing happened when I did open it though. I'm on a Mac. What happens if I did?

[CM Dazz]

Feb 12, 2013 16:13:52 GMT -5 @rc89 said:

Oh crap....

Nothing happened when I did open it though. I'm on a Mac. What happens if I did?

[Crappler El 0 M]

Just a general rule I made for myself (not necessarily about this scam): Any time you get an unexpected email like that, do a google search with the text of the subject or if you open it you can google the text on the inside. You may find others have been getting the same thing and learn that it's a scam. Always remember that you don't get something for nothing and a company will not go out of it's way to find you and give you free stuff.

[bibboid]

I've gotten one or two of those a week for the last few months. All of them exhibit the big red flag of using bad grammar. I always just delete them.

[G✇JI☈A]

There are not rare.

My spam bin get these.. Not just from Fedex, but also from UPS and Gorilla Grams.


My rule of thumb if an email says something to the likes of 'Your details need updating' or something like that. Is to go to the official website and log on, never use the link in the email.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Feb 13, 2013 1:09:46 GMT -5 bibboid said:

I've gotten one or two of those a week for the last few months. All of them exhibit the big red flag of using bad grammar. I always just delete them.

That's what I never get about these spam mails. Why do they not bother to even LOOK professional? Who do they expect to fool with that?

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

I actually recently had to clean out my mothers computer because she downloaded the thing.

I needed to tell her and everyone in my family that fedex and ups do not use attachments for their tracking stuff.

[ToyfareMark]

Feb 13, 2013 3:23:50 GMT -5 SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman said:

Feb 13, 2013 1:09:46 GMT -5 bibboid said:

I've gotten one or two of those a week for the last few months. All of them exhibit the big red flag of using bad grammar. I always just delete them.

That's what I never get about these spam mails. Why do they not bother to even LOOK professional? Who do they expect to fool with that?

The one I got looked pretty professional to be honest. Its just that I get deliveries all the time, and wasn't expecting any for the date it specified. The ones with terrible grammar are usually obvious, but if anyone gets the one I got I could see how they could easily be fooled.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

ALWAYS get these at work, especially ones from banks.

What I do is put the cursor over whatever link is in the email (WITHOUT CLICKING) and see what address is (it shows up at the bottom of the window). It's almost never the bank/business it says it's from.

Then I forward the email to the fraud department of whoever it says it's from. Most companies have an email address to send phishing attempts.