DHL Express Scam
I’m beginning to wonder when these spam emails are going to get under control. I received 5 different spam emails from these spammers below is the message I received
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DHL Express Parcel Notification for shipment: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:02:32 +0530
Custom. Reference: CX6184614
AWB Number: 4473906738529413TW1
Pickup Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:02:32 +0530
Service: GROUND
Pieces: 2
EVENT CATEGORY
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:02:32 +0530 – Clearance processing complete
PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED FILE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.
Shipment status may also be obtained from our Internet site in USA under http://track.dhl-usa.com or Globally under http://www.dhl.com/track
Please do not reply to this email. This is an automated application used only for sending proactive notifications
Thanks,
DHL Express International.
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This is horrible and needs to stop what I found most annoying is the that these emails seem to be coming from [email protected]. I’m not sure if someone hacked into their account but this needs to get under control. There is was not any links inside the email sent to me but if one was inside your email I highly recommend not clicking the link.
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I received a few of these, too. The idea behind this email is to get you to open up the attachment “for more information”. The attachment is a zip file that contains a .exe file, which is likely a virus or a trojan.
The spammers/scammers/jackasses don’t need to hack into DHL in order to make the email look like it came from [email protected] – they only need to set that email address as their own in whatever program they use to send the emails. Anyone can do that, unfortunately.
thanks for your input Stanley!
I got one too. Thanks for the postings.
ZIP file I got:
DHL_International_Parcel_Support-Delivery_Notification_ID28MBBOW577.zip
Here is the message I got:
DHL Express Parcel Notification for shipment: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:50:31 +0900
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Custom. Reference: 6S6575978
AWB Number: 571420495249470X93
Pickup Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:50:31 +0900
Service: GROUND
Pieces: 1
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EVENT CATEGORY
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:50:31 +0900 – Clearance processing complete
PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED FILE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.
________________________________________
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Shipment status may also be obtained from our Internet site in USA under http://track.dhl-usa.com or Globally under http://www.dhl.com/track
Please do not reply to this email. This is an automated application used only for sending proactive notifications
Thanks,
DHL Express International.
I think it’s important to write about these scams because even though some people know these emails are scams most people do not know these emails are scams and may need a second opinion to confirm their suspicions!