The new holiday scam

SBcrazee · Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:19 pm

This email is floating around & a few people here at work got it.

-----Original Message-----From: United Postal Service [Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 5:59 PMTo: [email]guy.primus@******.com[/email]Subject: UPS: Your Tracking # 785867546740Sorry, we were not able to deliver postal package you sent on November the 1st in time because the recipient’s address is not correct.Please print out the invoice copy attached and collect the package at our office.If you do not receive package in ten days you will have to pay 36$ per day.Your UPSmail@ups.com]

Gypsymonkey · Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:12 pm

If anything, the threat of charging $36/day from UPS is a give away. Seems to me that if a package wasn't picked up within a certain time limit, that UPS would just return it to the original sender.

Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:29 pm

Hmmm... haven't seen that one yet. TFS!

bluetulip · Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:33 pm

Wow - haven't seen this one! Thanks for the FYI

naney1952 · Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:56 pm

Thanks for warning us!

bamablue · Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:23 pm

It's not even United Postal Service anyway... it's United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
If it were regular mail, it would be USPS - United States Postal Service. Yup, that one's a phish that easy to spot.

Joy · Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:44 pm

that is funny they send it by email.

Renee · Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:00 am

Grrr...it's always something with those scammers!

scrapsakes · Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:32 am

that's so lame, i hope nobody buys into it.

JeanG · Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:57 am

That and other scams were on the Oprah show Monday. What people won't try, eh?

WV Scrapper · Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:36 pm

This came thru our server here at work back in July and I actually mailed a package thru UPS in July and clicked on the message and got the virus - and so did other co-workers from different departments.

Believe me DO NOT OPEN this up.

AnnOminous · Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:57 pm

Ok, so it's a virus spreader.....

I thought from the title being "scam" that it was to cheat you out of money. I was wondering how they were going to actually get any money out of you......

kathyt · Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:36 pm

Haven't seen that one but hopefully the charge of $36 a day would alert anyone that might fall for it.

rica71 · Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:45 pm

Good looking out.

sdwhru · Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:00 pm

Crazy!!! People will try anything...

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