email from ups

geminilady

I have received an email from ups saying there is a parcel on its way.I have had scam emails saying they have parcels for me but this one has my name and address do you think it is genuine?There is a tracking number but not checked it yet

duchy

Don't follow any link but google for UPS's website and enter the tracking number -is it a valid tracking number ?

touch*my*food*feel*myfork

Don't think so I had one earlier along with a paypal payment one and a notice to appear all to the email address i do not use for competitions

HTH

allisoca

I've had loads from USPS (US Postal Service, I think). I just junk them.


I thought it was UPS at first (as I think we are expected to)

mije1983

99.99% of the time they are junk (UPS/DHL/Amazon are a few I have received recently).

As duchy says, if you are unsure if it is an actual parcel for you, go to the couriers website via Google and enter any tracking number provided. This will then show you if it's genuine or not.

I actually had one yesterday from Yodel. At first glance it seemed very spammy, but when I went to the Yodel site it was a genuine email about a parcel I was expecting.

mjm3346

touch*my*food*feel*myfork wrote: »

Don't think so I had one earlier along with a paypal payment one and a notice to appear all to the email address i do not use for competitions

HTH

"notice to appear" and "outstanding invoice" seem to be common ones at the moment.

JessicAhh

The only companies I ordinarily get emails from are UPS (ironically!), DPD and very occasionally Yodel.

As someone else suggested, I also always open the courier website and manually type in the number of the alleged parcel....

You can also hover but DO NOT CLICK over the link in the email to see if it is going to UPS genuine website...
And also worth checking the sender's email address...

Incidentally, just looked at my genuine UPS ones...
The sender is UPS Quantum View, and the title always has the tracking number in it (the ones I've received have been Delivery Notification - after they've dropped off the item - and Exception Notification - indicating they couldn't deliver... I've not had any in advance of a UPS delivery).

geminilady

JessicAhh wrote: »

The only companies I ordinarily get emails from are UPS (ironically!), DPD and very occasionally Yodel.

As someone else suggested, I also always open the courier website and manually type in the number of the alleged parcel....

You can also hover but DO NOT CLICK over the link in the email to see if it is going to UPS genuine website...
And also worth checking the sender's email address...

Incidentally, just looked at my genuine UPS ones...
The sender is UPS Quantum View, and the title always has the tracking number in it (the ones I've received have been Delivery Notification - after they've dropped off the item - and Exception Notification - indicating they couldn't deliver... I've not had any in advance of a UPS delivery).

The sender is UPS Quantum View and it does have the tracking number in the title so maybe it is genuine,can't wait till tomorrow

geminilady

duchy wrote: »

Don't follow any link but google for UPS's website and enter the tracking number -is it a valid tracking number ?

Yes seems valid and says its in transit:D

mclarkie

The one I received had a link to print a shipping label, which I would have to take to a post office to receive my parcel, when I clicked on the link It took me to a file on safekillpestcontrol.co.uk.
Avast warned about a virus so I gave up on it.

geminilady

It was genuine some perfume I won on the click to wins