Did any of you send me a Fed Ex pkg.?

[Texas Star]

I got a Junk e-mail saying that someone sent me an International Fed Ex package. Not here yet, if it exists.

I'm reluctant to open the e-mail lest it be a hoax or virus.

A couple of you may have sent something legit. Please PM if it's you and what it is.

Do I need to call the bomb squad? I do have a couple of international enemies who I think may be extremists that we can't discuss here and at least one may be insane. No, I'm not kidding. I have had a threat from one individual that does concern me.

Have any of you had a similar e-mail? This may be some scam or virus that's going around.

I'll check with any family or friends who may be sending a package, but it probably wouldn't be via International Fed Ex. The country of origin isn't shown.

 

[Alpo]

Every time I've received a package, it made to me with no help from me. All it needed was my address.

Not only does FedEx not require an email address on a shipment, what would they do about someone that don't have internet?

I believe that's called phishing.

I would ignore the email. If someone really sent you something, it'll show up.

 

[walkinghorse]

Can you put an email in the sink under water ?

Alpo nailed it !

 

[ditrina]

TS..

DO NOT OPEN.. or click on any link if you did open..


Just delete, forget it and go about your daily life!

 

[Texas Star]

I'll delete it. I didn't click on it.

 

[tcon]

It is a fake. This is how many people get malware on their systems. Sometimes the email has a zip file as an attachment so you can read the "report"' Those are the worst ones and often contain the type that encrypts your data and offers to decrypt it in exchange for hundreds in ransom. The ones with clickable links... not sure what's at the other end but it can't be good.

 

[JSR III]

I could suggest a name and have you forward it to her but then I would get dinged by the big Gorilla.

 

[JSR III]

If the package contains a S&W it was me. I sent it to you by mistake. PM me and I will send you my return address.

 

[bigwheelzip]

As has been mentioned, it's a fake. If your on a computer, you can let the mouse pointer sit on the name of a sender for a few seconds, which will often reveal the sender's true e-mail name. Some of the more sophisticated attempts can duplicate a legitimate e-mail.

Keeping your files backed up, and an up-to-date restore-able system image is good insurance.

 

[Texas Star]

Thanks guys. I thought it might be real, with a tracking number or something. Glad I was suspicious.

I saw a couple of TV news features about people who had their computers locked up and held for ransom.

 

[g8rb8]

I guess this means we'll be getting back that Registered Magnum
surprise birthday present we all chipped in to buy for Texas Star?

 

[kozmic]

You what?!?!? How is FedEx supposed to delivery the Ferrari I sent you?

Ciao!

 

[ditrina]

You what?!?!? How is FedEx supposed to delivery the Ferrari I sent you?

Ciao!

Don't worry I have it covered...UPS>>>

 

[johngalt]

This reminds me of the time many years ago I received a USPS postcard notification that I had a registered letter to pick up and sign for at the post office. Except it was addressed to "Tenant". I figured it was the landlord wanting my signature as proof I had been notified of something.

I didn't bother picking it up. I wonder if I could have signed it "Tenant".

 

[rwsmith]

The drum of oil.....

Can you put an email in the sink under water ?

Alpo nailed it !

Use that drum of oil that Tom Swift always has in the lab for occasions such as these.

 

[vytoland]

all of the "special" emails i get are sent unopened directly to the netherworld....

 

[moosedog]

Send it to my brother in law please.

 

[Fishslayer]

I saw the same one in my junk folder. Don't click on it.

 

[Texas Star]

Use that drum of oil that Tom Swift always has in the lab for occasions such as these.

In a day when Taylor is the only Swift that most people know, I recall Tom.

As a lad, I had an elderly neighbor who gave me some Tom Swift books from his own boyhood, back in the 1920's, even earlier. I enjoyed those. Later read a few of the newer Tom Swift books. I guess that most boys today ignore reading for electronic games.

 

[Tradewind36]

I've received an email like that more than once, it shows up in my junk folder, I delete it without opening it. I figure it's a scam of some kind.