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  • #27976
    Les.Les.
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      @oldles
      Forumite Points: 42

      This morning I received an email purporting to come from Aliexpress telling me a parcel had arrived in its destination country for me. Whilst I have a few things not yet delivered, I am not aware Aliexpress are involved. They cited an order number and tracking details, as well as a link “attached you can find tracking information”.

      There was also an attachment, “trackingnumbernonsense.zip”so I opened that. This was now titled “trackingnumbernonsense.exe”, 1.3MB, and type dos/windoze.

      Of course I would have avoided it, and probably had a virus notification if I was a windoze user myself,

      I take it this is a real threat, so worth keeping an eye out for if a windoze user.

      Les.

      #27980
      DrezhaDrezha
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        @drezha
        Forumite Points: 0

        I don’t think it needs a question mark on your thread name 😉

        Anything that comes zipped I would tend to ignore!

        I had one today from HSBC about some documents, and as I was waiting for some from them, I thought it could be real – until I noticed it had been sent to my screwfix@realemail alias, so it’s clearly fake (and Screwfix have either sold my email or been hacked).

        "Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it’s just another job" - Terry Pratchett

        #27983
        PlaneManPlaneMan
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          @planeman
          Forumite Points: 196

          I also had one from HSBC, a text message, saying my account had been locked. A link in the text to reset the relevant details.

          Knew it was a scam from the start, I have an account with a HSBC spin off. Just logged in to my account as usual, no problems.

          #27986
          Bob WilliamsBob Williams
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            @bullstuff2
            Forumite Points: 0

            I noticed it had been sent to my screwfix@realemail alias, so it’s clearly fake (and Screwfix have either sold my email or been hacked). ”

            I will be watching for that, I use Screwfix a lot, thanks Drezha.

            When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
            I'm out.

            #27991
            Wheels-Of-FireWheels-Of-Fire
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              @grahamdearsley
              Forumite Points: 4

              Apparently I am buying a fair amount of jewelry on ebay and paying with my paypal account these days. I must be because I keep getting delivery confirmation emails. Of course if im not happy I can always click a provided link. Or I can logon to ebay or paypal directly and find its a load of tosh.

              Now what to do ?

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