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Title: new scam (updated,version 2)
Post by: matcho mick on July 21, 2015, 05:49:57 pm
parcel sent with USPS,OZ post e mailed me today,couldn't be delivered coz no one "home" message,suggest click on the tracking link to download recieving doco to present to local POffice,yep,can do,pharrrkkk,scammed , trojan CRYPTO LOCKER,fortunately virus checker nabbed it ,i'm left with "nag screen" (so far??),need to pay to unlock encrypted info??,actually received 2 e mails,looked good, typical OZ post home page ,except different wording, mailman couldn't ,& courier couldn't,deadshits covered both bases,%%$NTS,so googled my USPS tracking # ,arrived sydinee this morning into customs,geezas they're quick these scammers, :P
Title: Re: new scam (updated,version 2)
Post by: pokey on July 21, 2015, 06:06:41 pm
Auspost wont email you unless you have a MyPost account and give them  your email.   if you gave it to the seller they wont give it to the freight companies.

 They will just do what they have always done. leave a card in your mailbox with instructions.

Hope you reported it to Auspost
Title: Re: new scam (updated,version 2)
Post by: fred99999au on July 21, 2015, 06:41:19 pm
I get dozens of these things and delete them all. Reporting to Auspost will do little other than increase the utilisation of their customer service department.

I read all of my email in plain text. Nothing can hide and nothing is automagic.

Sure it isn't pretty, but if it needs to be pretty it is easy to switch for just that email.
Title: Re: new scam (updated,version 2)
Post by: GMC on July 21, 2015, 10:24:33 pm
Auspost wont email you unless you have a MyPost account

Actually they will, received an email from Auspost tracking a month or so back telling me my parcel was ready for pick up.
I'm guessing the sender had an account and listed my e-mail when sending

Genuine Auspost e-mails come as a 'no reply' e-mail and there is nothing to download
Title: Re: new scam (updated,version 2)
Post by: evo550 on July 21, 2015, 11:22:22 pm
I get emails and texts from Aus post to pick up parcels
Title: Re: new scam (updated,version 2)
Post by: matcho mick on July 24, 2015, 11:46:09 am
i did notify Oz post,i'm not the only one apparently!,also  scamming E -parcels too,yer right Geoff,no downloads from oz po,all if any info is sent in the no reply e mail, :P
Title: Re: new scam (updated,version 2)
Post by: Tim754 on July 24, 2015, 03:39:26 pm
Major newspapers around the country have been running articles on these current postage scam/scams. >:(