Greetings From Stargate

Very similar to the Delta Airlines Scamming from earlier in the year [Airline Ticket Confirmation Is Trojan], the UPS Delivery Problem takes advantage of the same delivery method--email.

The email comes from what looks to be perfectly legitimate addresses, with exceptions, of course. The email below happened to come from Stargate, no less.

Really. Stargate. I can't make this kind of stuff up.

Here's the email:

From: Leroy Amos [mailto:gulfsljb28@stargate-hb.de]
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:31 AM
To: Kevin DeMott
Subject: UPS Delivery problem

Hello!

We failed to deliver the postal package which was sent on the 16th of May in time because the addressee's address is incorrect.

Please print out the invoice copy attached and collect the package at our office.

Your United Parcel Service of America

So, as usual, don't open any attachments included with the message. Don't click on any links inbedded in the message. And, although you may yearn to reply with a witty and sarcastic response, resist the urge. When you reply, all you've done is successfully confirmed to the maniacal, although eerily methodical, "bots" that you are indeed a legitimate email address from a legitimate domain, to which they can now--and will--send more spam, trojans, viruses, and malware.

Just delete it.

As always, don't click "yes" before calling DTS.