I don’t post all of the warnings I get for viruses but this one I think is important. With the holiday season here and loads of us sending and receiving gifts in the mail via UPS, FedX and so on please read this and pass it on. This has been confirmed by Snopes.com.
New Virus (NO JOKE)
This is legitimate. Please pass this along to your friends.
The newest virus circulating is
The UPS/FedEx/DHL Delivery Failure.
You will receive an email from UPS/Fed Ex Service along with a packet number..
It will say that they were unable to deliver
A package sent to you on such-and-such a date…
It then asks you to print out
The invoice copy attached.
DON’T TRY TO PRINT THIS.
IT LAUNCHES THE VIRUS!
Pass this warning on to all your PC operators
At work and home.
This virus has caused Millions of dollars
In damage in the past few days
Snopes confirms that it is real.
About Stefanie
well, doesn’t that just suck. sneaky little hackers.
They are sneaky aren’t they! Thanks Stef for this info!
No prob Britt! And yes, those sneaky little bastards! They make me S I C K !!! All I want for Christmas is peace, love, happiness and a computer virus? Umm…NO! *sigh*
Thanks for the info – I hadn’t heard of this one, but it would be easy to fall for it. Thanks!
Thanks babe , i’m going to post this on my blog too !
Luckily I don’t have a printer. Thanks for the heads up.
I got one of those! I didn’t open it though (thankfully!) What I did do was look over the email and a few things stuck out to me.
First, no tracking number or FedEx logos
Second, no contact phone numbers
Third, the reply to email address was not @fedex.com
So into the spam folder it went!
Thank you for posting this though!
I think I got that today. I just sent it to my spam folder cause I didnt recognize it. Boy that’s scary. Now I know not to open it.
That is sneaky. People suck!
Thanks for the info. – I have retweeted this.
I got one from DHL saying they owed me millions of dollars so i responded. HAH but I am sure they do not like my responses. They are pretty foul mouth.
They also have a yahoo one going around my sister almost fell for it.
Thanks for the info! I’ll have to tell my husband since he’s great at following directions, especially from fishy emails
Thanks for the info, Steph…
I got one like this earlier this year…
but it had a # in it, and it said it was a refund from odd years back… which we did have a claim on .. but it struck me weird, so I looked up UPS corporate email & asked them… it took a while & it went through their legal dept. it was phony, bogus.. so I am glad I relied on my gut!
It did ask for some personal data… so this may be a different one… mine was after to steal info.
Oh, and we still never got the refund either , Ha!
Thank you for the heads up! How horrible!
I got this email about a week ago….I deleted right away, bu it’s good that you’re letting you’re readers know about it bc it is easy to just click and have a ness on your hands, ugh.
Thanks for the heads-up.
thanks for the head up!