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Bernie said:
I received this email and, at the time, was nopt aware it was a scam. However, I suspected something was wrong so decided to email UPS and ask them if the message came from them. I spent half an hour on the UPS site and made the following observations:
There was no contact phone number to reach them that I could find.
When I tried to send an email it demanded all kinds of shipping and tracking information which, not having sent anything through them that I could recall, I could not provide. There was no way I could simply “contact” them.
There was no mention of this scam that I could see.
I telephoned a local UPS outlet and learned of the scam from them. In my view, UPS are part of the problem in that they failed me in the above ways. I would have sent this to them but, as stated, they cannot be reached.
# 4 November 2008 at 1:29 am

Bruce Cameron said:
Agree with the comment - UPS was impossible to get to. Except by phone - called, just said nothing and punched no numbers - finally a person who confirmed UPS knew about this scam but essentially is doing nothing.
# 8 November 2008 at 3:17 am

notAmoron said:
it’s called common sense. don’t blame UPS because you chose not to install an ANTIVIRUS software on your computer. the email contains a very well know piece of malware that any ANTIVIRUS software would have have stopped. QUOTE: “finally a person who confirmed UPS knew about this scam but essentially is doing nothing” - what would you like them to do? SPAM everybody on the whole planet that may have or plans to ship an item at some time in the future by UPS that at some point they may receive another email that might not come from them?
# 5 March 2009 at 11:11 pm

Philip said:
Yeah, holding UPS responsible for random other persons actions is not only illogical but also unbelievable. I hold you responsible for the fact that I didn’t eat lunch today, you bastard! Where’s my cheeseburger? Oh, you never promised to get me one? But I have this email that you’ve never even heard of and it says you’re gonna buy me a cheeseburger for lunch today! I’m gonna sue for damages if I don’t get my cheeseburger!
See? That doesn’t make ANY sense. The only person you can rely on to protect yourself from scams is … (gasp!) YOURSELF! If it seems to good to be true or even slightly fishy, spend 2-3 minutes researching it online. If you find something related in that time frame, its probably a scam, plain & simple.
# 30 June 2009 at 6:02 am

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