Who are UPS of America?

[joe.s-b]

I receive email from UPS of America stating that they try to deliver a package and asking me tp complete a form. I don't and the mail is never addressed to me. I have set a filter to prevent receipts from this address but the mail still comes and appears to be a hidden copy. This mail always appears as spam so it does not appear to be problem but I'm sure it is a 'racket' of one sort or another.
Any ideas anyone?

[redcrx]

yeah its just a scam. We get them all the time.

[joe.s-b]

Thanks. That's what I thought but they are a nuisance and I will take the matterup with my provider as the filter is supposed to stop them.

[squarebear]

You will not be able to stop them as your email is on a spammer's list. Just delete them.

[joe.s-b]

Ok, thanks

[VHG]

The "form" you are asked to fill in probably contain a virus (assuming it is an attachment).

When you download the attachement to your PC and try to open it it installs a virus on your PC.

[bookbinder]

You might get more info from UPS themselves. It's a big American parcel delivery firm (United Parcel Services) and it's an above board company. Try their website:
www.ups.com

[ChuckFickens]

the UPS mails are a virus (as are the similar DHL ones doing the rounds at the moment)

I've been filtering out a couple of hundred of each one every day at work for a few weeks now. just delete them straight away

[bookbinder]

ChuckFickens, thanks for the clarification. Little old PC-innocent me has never heard of the UPS virus. I'll certainly be on the alert for that one!

[heathfield]

Many companies will make the effort to track down the senders of these emails and have them prosecuted. Forward the email to '[email protected]'

[another-view]

I wouldn't bother forwarding them on. That makes you as bad as the spammer. Delete them

[VHG]

>ChuckFickens, thanks for the clarification. Little old PC-innocent me has never >heard of the UPS virus. I'll certainly be on the alert for that one!

You should be on the look out for ANY unusual email that you were not expecting, PARTICULARLY if it has an attachment.

You should be careful of any email that says it comes from a bank, from ebay, or Amazon, or paypal, or anyone of a hundred different companies.

You should be VERY careful of any email that asks you to re-enter your personal details on a web site (like a bank asking you to re-enter your logon and password).

All the above are almost certainly either scams, or have virus attachments.

Sad to say, that you should treat EVERY email you get with caution nowadays, even say a "funny" email sent from a friend.

[joe.s-b]

Thank you one and all. These emails have not caused me a problem as I have always deleted but I am aware of the Ameican delivery service as a friend of mine makes frequent visits to the USA and I have asked to have theservice in question notified to see it they know about this. I am sure they do but now that there is a virus with the same initials it is well to advise as many as possible.

[ChuckFickens]

They know about it.

About 2 weeks ago UPS had an announcement on their customer service line informing customers that the emails in question were a virus and were not from them.