Is this a dodgy eMail

John_3:16 · 1 October 2008 at 4:00PM

Unfortunately we were not able to deliver postal package you sent on Sept the 18 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 UPS

Sent From

United Postal Service [fnpqle@brandtconstructionco.com}

It as an attachment that is a zip file to open the invoice copy?

Fishingtime · 1 October 2008 at 4:15PM

Did you send out a package on the 18th?
If you did and it was with ups then open it.
If you didn't then just delete it

lrr_2 · 1 October 2008 at 4:23PM

Ive had quite a few of these - total spam. dont open it, bin it!

isofa · 1 October 2008 at 4:26PM

yoxford2008 wrote: »

Did you send out a package on the 18th?
If you did and it was with ups then open it.
If you didn't then just delete it

Wouldn't even recommend opening it under those circumstances, especially seeing the email domain it originates from.

Never open attachments, unless you know 100% who they are from.

DatabaseError · 1 October 2008 at 4:31PM

if you want to be nice you could contact http://brandtconstructionco.com/ and let them know their mailing address is being used, else just delete it

Fishingtime · 1 October 2008 at 4:36PM

DOH
I did not see the email addy it was sent from

superscaper · 1 October 2008 at 4:52PM

A courier would never (AFAIK) send an invoice or whatever as a zip file. It's pretty obvious as well that if you were to open it the zip, big surprise the "invoice" would be an exe. Hopefully any sensible person even getting this far would go no further and actually run the executable (thereby installing the virus or trojan that's in it). As others have advised, no matter who it's from or you believe to be from (even if you think it's genuine) you should never ever open a zip or run an exe file unless you were expecting it. Even people you know could have their machines infected and sending attachments out to their address books.