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Marketing messages. Alerts on social networks. Coupons. The newsletters you never manage to read. If you are like most people, your reception box is full of a largeVariety of emails at any time. Even in the middle of all communications and spam unnecessary, your eye will sometimes make the message of a friend, a colleague or a person you trust. But unfortunately,Crooks become more and more sophisticated With their efforts to steal your personal or fund information. And now experts warn that if you receive a type of e-mail, you should report it immediately, even if it is addressed to you. Read the rest to see which message is a major red flag.

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For as much digital correspondence sent these days, there is still a good chance that you also receive your fair share of packages by post. The explosion of electronic commerce caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way many people buy and do business to date. Unfortunately, despite being a huge convenience, the change also allowed the crooks ofexploit some of the vulnerabilities in the system.

On May 31, Snopes reported that aText messaging scam Tour in which the fraudsters claimed to come from the USPS. In most cases, fraudsters send a notification to Targets phones warning that there is an undeveloped problem and that a package "cannot be delivered" before asking them to pay resolution fees via a site Legitimate web, reports the fact verification site.

Civil servants warn that any unlined message from the agency should beTreaty as a very suspect. "USPS will not send text or email messages from customers without a customer first requesting the service with a tracking number, and it will not contain a link," warns the US Postal Inspection (USPIS). "So, if you have not launched the monitoring request for a specific package directly from the USPS and it contains a link: do not click on the link!" But unfortunately, it is far from being the only type of scam involving your packages.

According to a report fromDaily Express In the United Kingdom, the latest version of a similar stratagem involves crooks using convincing emails to suggest that a package they ordered is released by delivery byGlobal Logistics Company DHL. In many cases, messages are sent directly to the planned objective, including using their name or last name to gain their confidence.

The emails then provide a tracking number before requesting an address confirmation. However, if a recipient clicks on the link provided, he is then taken to a bogus website imitating the official DHL page which requests administrative costs to postpone the delivery. Anyone who enters the requested credit card information really supplies it directly to the crooks, who can use it to commit identity theft, make fraudulent purchases or even empty bank accounts,Daily Express reports.

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But even if the last scam can be sufficiently sophisticated to use your personal contact details, it is not part of other areas that make it relatively easy to spot. In particular, the e-mail's header and website include a version of the DHL logo that has been modified to read "BHL" instead. But perhaps even more obvious that the email contains a photo of a truck from the Rival Delivery Company Company Service (UPS) bearing the brown and yellow logo of the company,Daily Express reports.

Similar to the USPI, DHL warns that it will never reach customers with aRequest for administrative fees. Instead, the company writes on its website that it "only collects money due for official shipping costs related to DHL" and asks all those who have received one of these messages for Report it to his anti-abuse mailbox dedicated to Phishing-DPDHL @ dhl. com.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

If you are still worried, youreceived a suspicious email , experts recommend rechecking the sender's address and hovering your mouse on any link without clicking on it to see if it sends you to a false page. All errors of spelling, capitalization or flagrant grammar should also be a major red flag, because crooks can sometimes use it to bypass the safety filters integrated in your reception box. And if you are still not sure of the authenticity of an email, the experts suggest looking for the company's customer service number independently and calling them directly to answer any questions.

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