[GTALUG] I believe Amazon is leaking delivery information.

[Alvin Starr]

On 1/15/20 3:46 PM, Peter King via talk wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 03:00:36PM -0500, Alvin Starr via talk wrote:
>
>> When I order something from Amazon  not long after I get emails from various
>> phisherpeople claiming to be UPS or some other delivery company.
>> The messages are coming through an old email address that is badly spam
>> filtered.
> I had that very thing happen to me on an order from Amazon about ten days
> ago.  The phishing was via a note from UPS that they couldn't deliver a
> package, but to get it I had to give them my credit card number ... at the
> time I was surprised, since it followed close on the heels of one delivery
> and right while I was waiting for another.  So, almost plausible.  But as
> usual, the phishing email was so clumsily written and executed that there
> was no question but that it was a fake.
>
>
Yep that's it.
Here is what I got.
>
> Dear Customer,
>
> We attempted to deliver your item at 1:30pm on 14th January, 2020. 
> (Read enclosed file details)
> The delivery attempt failed because nobody was present at the shipping 
> address, so this notification has been automatically sent.
>
>
> If the parcel is not scheduled for re-delivery or picked up within 72 
> hours, it will be returned to the sender.
>
> Label Number: (Read enclosed file details)
> Class: Package Services
> Service(s): (Read enclosed file details)
> Status: e-Notification sent
>
> Read the enclosed file for details.
>
> UPS Customer Service.
>


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