The Spam Diaries

News and musings about the fight against spam.
 by Edward Falk

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

"FedEx" tracking spam

Just a quick heads-up. With the holidays around, there's been a flood of fake FedEx spam.

You get an email saying that the package was delivered, and that you should click on the attachment.

Obviously, it's a virus. If you're reading this, you're probably savvy enough to know better than to click on this attachment, but make sure your not-so-savvy friends and relatives aren't clicking on it either.