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Disguised as FedEx mail, a virus can sneak onto your device. React correctly to avoid damage and data loss.
FedEx spam: phishing email with virus content
Millions of spam and phishing e-mails are sent worldwide every day. The fraudsters usually pretend to be from large companies or banks. Spam e-mails in the name of FedEx are also in circulation time and again.
- In the emails supposedly sent by FedEx, you are either asked to open a link to track a package or to make a payment for outstanding shipping costs. Some of the emails also contain dangerous attachments such as Trojans.
- It is not uncommon for such spam messages to also threaten legal consequences should you not comply with FedEx’s demands.
- If you receive such e-mails, you should delete them immediately or simply ignore them. Do not open any links or attachments.
FedEx: How to recognize spam emails
The sender can be an initial indication of a spam email. Take a close look at the message. Often the sender does not sound like FedEx at all. However, the sender can also falsify the email address, so that the correctly displayed address is not necessarily a sign of safety.
- Many spam emails also give themselves away through spelling mistakes. Large companies generally always use standardized email texts. Spelling mistakes are very unusual here. By contrast, the senders of spam emails usually don’t pay much attention to the English language.
- Also Google the sentences or text modules that seem dubious to you or the subject line. Spam emails are usually sent thousands of times over, so the tricks and the texts used are usually already known on the internet.
- In addition, you can forward the suspicious spam mail to the address displayed on the IsNotSpam.com website. You will then receive an analysis of whether or not it is spam.
