I recieved a puzzling EMail from DHL Delivery

[catmandu]

Saying that there was a parcel for me , but the address was incorrect.
I am wondering if someone on Pet Talk had sent us something?
And how they got mt url???
If anyone knows , please PM us are we are puzzled!!!

[Catty1]

That was likely SPAM, Gary. DHL would phone you or leave a notice at your door if they had missed you.

Delete that email and don't worry about it.

Other similar spam emails are about eBay, UPS, etc.

[Freedom]

Gary, I agree with Candace.

But just in case you are concerned, check the phone book and call the local office. They will want to know about the spam anyway. Oh and be ready with paper and pen as they may ask you to forward the spam message to their quality control unit. (Or whatever that company calls their security)

Hope it will be local call for you. If it is long distance, don't bother because I agree it is spam as C said.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I have received that a few times. It is phishing. Best to not even open the email.

Here you can read about it... phishing_scam_

[Medusa]

Yes, Gary, they're right, it's phishing. I've received that email and others like it. Don't even open them. This time of year they know that people are receiving merchandise for Xmas and it's a nasty little con that they pull.

[catmandu]

Thank You so much for that advice,
I was wondering why the Library Computer refused to open it.
Thats a load off my mind,
Thank You One and All!!!

[Pinot's Mom]

I've received it, too, it's garbage! Get rid of it!

[catmandu]

Should I change my url completely?
My name is not the correct one its a name to do with Cats and my home address isnt on there.
How do I change my url if I had to?
I fell for that scheme and replied on the Library Computer but the good news is that eveythings erased at the end of the day

[aTailOf2Kitties]

DHL is aware of it, read this:
http://www.dhl-usa.com/custserv/servicealert.asp?id=1

[Medusa]

I get DHL deliveries every month so this would have been an easy one for me to fall for but, thankfully, I didn't.

[Don Juan's mom]

I got one yesterday saying that a relative who died in a plane "clash" in Indonesia a few years ago left me $24 million US. I'm checking that one with my brother the amateur genealogist (and fellow cat lover).

Liz

[Karen]

If the email does not mention the name of the relative, you KNOW it's a spam. If the email mentions a name that is not familiar to you, you know it's a spam. A solicitor or lawyer from another country would not likely be contacting you through email in the first place. And if they didn, they'd first ask something like "Did you know 'John Smith, of Lubbock, Texas" and are you related to him?

Keep track of who you give your email address to - like banks, credit card accounts - I know, for example, that my own bank does NOT have my email address, so I always delete "bank notice" type emails without even opening them. VISA doesn't have my email address. Neither do any of my credit card accounts. So I know those are spam, plain and simple.

[Don Juan's mom]

If the email does not mention the name of the relative, you KNOW it's a spam. If the email mentions a name that is not familiar to you, you know it's a spam. A solicitor or lawyer from another country would not likely be contacting you through email in the first place. And if they didn, they'd first ask something like "Did you know 'John Smith, of Lubbock, Texas" and are you related to him?

Keep track of who you give your email address to - like banks, credit card accounts - I know, for example, that my own bank does NOT have my email address, so I always delete "bank notice" type emails without even opening them. VISA doesn't have my email address. Neither do any of my credit card accounts. So I know those are spam, plain and simple.

Oh, I haven't clicked on ANYTHING on that mail. I printed it, deleted it, then scanned the mail to forward to my family for a laugh. Thanks to my brother the amateur genealogist, we have a fairly good idea of what blood relatives we have on that side of the family. Besides, the mail came from a "barrister," and I know enough about the UK courts to know a barrister wouldn't be doing that job.

Liz

[pomtzu]

I get this garbage all the time, from every source you could imagine. I've gotten them from "The FBI" previously, saying that the Nigerians were legit and it was okay to provide them with all the info so I could get my money, but the one I got from them today, tops all previous ones. They told me if I didn't stop dealing with the phonies, and provide the info they were asking me for within the next 48 hours, that I would be arrested and jailed.
How can even reasonably intelligent people fall for this crap?

[catmandu]

The only reason I fell for this is that I have a gift exchange with another Pet Talker, and I paniced that the people sending the gift had my address wrong.
But now I think of it , I feel like Elmer Fudd running off the cliff.

I never stopped to think how they got my url, or how that they knew it was the wrong address.
I just hope that they dont use my mistake against me.

My Cats would suffer for my stupidity.