I usually spot such, but these!!! got past me, luckily I only clicked on one before I searched/ checked back and saw several (including lots of dosh from Nigeria types) over the last month, I even phoned my local post office. Luckily I can not open .exe and deleted very quickly anyway.

I live in UK so Fedex leaving packages at the Post Office did not jump out as odd… thank you all for extra details to watch out for. One I should have spotted there was NO PERSONALISATION ie neither my name or address (or which post office or a card left through door). I got some from ‘paypal’ and my bank that also lacked these personal details, i usually think not to click on links.

An intelligent forum friend, got her lifesavings ripped off by a Nigerian who she felt she was really deeply in love with… never known such love, who of course did not even exist.
I usually spot such on forums and post a warning to others on their page, warn admin and check and warn the newbies that they usually target.. if… i can keep up with the speed they post… yet still they occasionally get past me. NEVER RESPOND TO ONES ASKING FOR EMAIL CONTACT is the advice given.

One email in the past was such a friendly sounding one … although pressed the intended panic button … saying my biz was under investigation… yikes!!! and ironic as all has been outgoings so far.
Too many emails does tend me to semi skim … yet another reason to unsubscribe from most lists … though guess whose I will be staying on ❤

Always look for (too) obvious grammar errors that appear in these type of messages. I have never received a spam mail not failing at really basic grammar!

The parcel thing is a classic 🙂 received several of those. Thanks for the warning, Nicole – and even though it’s early, since you’ve mentioned Christmas and it’s snowy outside in my country – Merry Christmas to you!

Sharon, Exactly. 🙂

The skimming was what caused me to even click in the first place. Now, it’s so obvious, but I speed read it and only saw a few key words. I even knew better as I was doing it, too.

I hope, by sharing my goofups, it prevents someone else from making the mistake.

Thanks, as always, for commenting!
N

A few things I immediately noticed was “postrider” (never heard that word before), “a parcel” (should be “your package”) and “the nearest our office” (huh?).

The problem is that most of us skim and it’s easy for these to slip by us.

Good thing your red flags came up in time! Thanks for sharing it.

It’s all to common that spoof emails are sent out and many people get tricked into clicking links, and then get their computer infected 🙁

Unfortunately, they seem to be more common during the holiday season for ones like these.

When you get emails like these, one of the first things to look at is the Sender’s email address. In this case it’s from PostalService and an email from mesa.com, which should make you stop and think.

Then look at the body of the message for proper English (not that all my emails are grammatically correct LOL). In this message they put “at the post office at.” FedEx would not use the words “Post Office” and the second at should be on. (Hey there spam guy if you’re reading this you should take classes for English as a second language LOL).

What is so tricky about this email is that the link to download was masked as an html file even though it was a zip.

Thanks for catching this and sharing with all of us Nicole!