UK Mail computer scam

[allatc]

Be on your guard for emails purporting to come from UK Mail saying they have been unable to deliver to you.

DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT which contains a virus

An email with the subject of UKMail 988271023 tracking information pretending to come from no-reply@ukmail.com with a malicious word doc attachment is another one from the current bot runs which try to download various Trojans and password stealers especially banking credential stealers, which may include cridex, dridex, dyreza and various Zbots, cryptolocker, ransomware and loads of other malware on your computer.

I have received one of these so it is going round.


UKMail Info!

Your parcel has not been delivered to your address November 23, 2015, because nobody was at home.

Please view the information about your parcel, print it and go to the post office to receive your package.



Warranties

UKMail expressly disclaims all conditions, guarantees and warranties, express or implied, in respect of the Service.

Where the law prevents such exclusion and implies conditions and warranties into this contract,

where legally permissible the liability of UKMail for breach of such condition,

guarantee or warranty is limited at the option of UKMail to either supplying the Service again or paying the cost of having the service supplied again.

If you don’t receive a package within 30 working days UKMail will charge you for it’s keeping.

You can find any information about the procedure and conditions of parcel keeping in the nearest post office.

Best regards,

UKMail

[anneed]

Thanks for the warning, it's so easy to be fooled into clicking on these scam links. Since I was tricked by something similar a couple of months ago I've been running a full anti-virus scan every week. I always hold my breath in case a red alert pops up as it's such a nuisance having to change all the passwords again. Oh the joys of the computer age!

[anniec]

I got caught once, but the other way. Years ago, aol (shudder) emailed me to say there was a problem with my account. I, of course, deleted it.

When my internet vanished, and I rang up (shudder again) to moan, it hadn't been a scam...