Fedex tracking number xxxxxxx - scam email

Just noticed the following email sent to us:
FROM: Aurelia Crow [EMAIL="cwlimdwvbolo&#64;bodyfixer.com"]cwlimdwvbolo<AT>bodyfixer.com[/EMAIL]
SUBJECT: Fedex tracking number 1046732365
ATTACHMENT: ZD76128824.zip

Unfortunately we were not able to deliver postal package you sent on August 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

Your FEDEX.com
This is a spam email, so do not open the attachment as it probably contains a virus!
(See http://justlocal.blogspot.com/2008/08/virus-alert-fedex-tracking-number.html)

Phishing-type emails are becoming ever-more plausible, and I was temporarilly fooled by this one as it is not entirely clear whether the issue relates to a package sent to or from us. However:
(i) We were on holiday on 1st August
(ii) I wasn't aware that my wife had sent any parcels, let alone Fedex'd them
(iii) The 'from' email address is very suspicious (shouldn't it have come from Fedex.com, for example?)

I typed the subject into Google (in quotes) and got no hits, but found the above virus report link when I ignored the number. (The number is probably random.) Apparently, a similar UPS email is circulating.

Wasn't sure whether this was the appropriate place for this posting, but thought it worth alerting others all the same.

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