(erotica-101) 17-11 ... WARNING.... UPS/FedEx Virus Warning
The newest virus circulating is the UPS/Fed Ex Delivery Failure. You will receive an e-mail from UPS/Fed Ex Service along with a packet number. It will say that they were unable to deliver a package sent to you on such-and-such a date. It then asks you to print out the invoice copy attached.
DON'T TRY TO PRINT THIS. IT LAUNCHES THE VIRUS!
Pass this warning on to all your PC operators at work and home. This virus has caused Millions of dollars in damage in the past few days.
Snopes confirms that it is real.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp
UPS/FedEx/DHL Delivery Failure
Virus: UPS/FedEx/DHL Delivery Failure
| REAL VIRUS |
Examples:
[Collected via e-mail, July 2008]
From: UPS Packet Service
Subject: UPS Packet N0328795951
Dear Sir/Madam,
Unfortunately we were not able to deliver postal package you sent on July 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 UPS
[Collected via e-mail, August 2008]
Unfortunately we were not able to deliver postal package you sent on July the 25 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
www.fedex.com
From: UPS Packet Service
Subject: UPS Packet N0328795951
Dear Sir/Madam,
Unfortunately we were not able to deliver postal package you sent on July 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 UPS
[Collected via e-mail, August 2008]
Unfortunately we were not able to deliver postal package you sent on July the 25 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
www.fedex.com
Origins: A common (and unfortunately, effective) technique for luring e-mail users into opening virus-launching attachments is to send messages that would appear to be relevant or important to many of their potential recipients. One way of accomplishing this feat is to make the virus-carrying messages appear to come from some type of business entity that many people commonly deal with, such as one of the large Internet auction or retailing sites, or a national bank (or other financial institution), or a major provider of a common service.
That last area was in play in July 2008, when e-mail users experienced the onset of a virus spread through messages purporting to come from the United Parcel Service (UPS) or Federal Express (FedEx) parcel delivery companies. The bogus messages informed users about packages they had supposedly sent that could not be delivered due to incorrect recipient addresses and invited them to open and print out attached invoices in order to claim the undelivered packages at UPS offices. The messages included a file attachment called 'ups_invoice.zip' which actually harbored a malicious executable file called 'ups_invoice.exe', but the attachment displayed a Microsoft Word icon to make it appear like a harmless Word document and thereby lure recipients into clicking on it.
A mass mailing of this type was bound to hit quite a few people who had shipped something via UPS in the recent past and therefore might easily be lured into opening the virus-launching attachment, and UPS was quick to put up (and e-mail) a warning about the malicious messages:
Attention Virus Warning
Service Update
We have become aware there is a fraudulent email being sent that says it is coming from UPS and leads the reader to believe that a UPS shipment could not be delivered. The reader is advised to open an attachment reportedly containing a waybill for the shipment to be picked up.
This email attachment contains a virus. We recommend that you do not open the attachment, but delete the email immediately.
UPS may send official notification messages on occasion, but they rarely include attachments. If you receive a notification message that includes an attachment and are in doubt about its authenticity, please contact customerservice@ups.com.
Please note that UPS takes its customer relationships very seriously, but cannot take responsibility for the unauthorized actions of third parties.
Thank you for your attention.
Service Update
We have become aware there is a fraudulent email being sent that says it is coming from UPS and leads the reader to believe that a UPS shipment could not be delivered. The reader is advised to open an attachment reportedly containing a waybill for the shipment to be picked up.
This email attachment contains a virus. We recommend that you do not open the attachment, but delete the email immediately.
UPS may send official notification messages on occasion, but they rarely include attachments. If you receive a notification message that includes an attachment and are in doubt about its authenticity, please contact customerservice@ups.com.
Please note that UPS takes its customer relationships very seriously, but cannot take responsibility for the unauthorized actions of third parties.
Thank you for your attention.
Be alert for fraudulent e-mails claiming to be from FedEx regarding a package that could not be delivered. These e-mails ask the receiver to open an attachment in order to obtain the airbill or invoice for picking up the package. The attachment contained in this type of e-mail activates a virus. DO NOT OPEN the attachment. Instead, delete the e-mail immediately.
These fraudulent e-mails are the unauthorized actions of third parties not associated with FedEx. When FedEx sends e-mails with tracking updates for undeliverable packages, we do not include attachments.
FedEx does not request, via unsolicited mail or e-mail, payment or personal information in return for goods in transit or in FedEx custody. If you have received a fraudulent e-mail that claims to be from FedEx, you can report it by forwarding it to abuse@fedex.com.
If you have any questions or concerns about services provided by FedEx, please review our services at fedex.com/us/services or contact FedEx Customer Service at 1.800.GoFedEx 1.800.463.3339.
Update: A version aimed at DHL surfaced in late March 2009, prompting that company to post an alert on its website:
Import Information Regarding Fraudulent Use of DHL Tracking eMail
A fraudulent email is being distributed with the subject line "DHL tracking number" The email contains an attachment with a virus that should not be opened. Please delete the entire email and be advised that the package referred to does not exist and that DHL delivery services are operating normally.
A fraudulent email is being distributed with the subject line "DHL tracking number" The email contains an attachment with a virus that should not be opened. Please delete the entire email and be advised that the package referred to does not exist and that DHL delivery services are operating normally.
Last updated: 27 March 2009
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Sources: |
- Harlow, Tim. "E-Mail Allegedly from UPS Delivers a Computer Virus."
- [Minneapolis] Star Tribune. 15 July 2008.
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