The Spam Gallery is a series of posts that give examples of spam messages, explaining telltales signs of how they are spam.
This email is somewhat obvious, but maybe curiosity would cause some to get tricked. Check the following:
- The email is from the USPS, but the email address is not from usps.gov.
- The email does not give any personal information such as name, location, or recipient.
- The grammar in the message is very poor and there is a misuse of words to make the message sound intelligent (“erroneous” in particular).
- No one sends attachments anymore. All businesses will link you to their web site to download a file or a report.
- The attachment is not a PDF, it is a zip file. If you look in the zip file, there is an EXE file, which is clearly not a report.
Even if you did send a package on or near the date mentioned in this email, how did the USPS know your email address? Don’t let curiosity get the better of you – wondering what the shipping label says, wondering if you can claim a package that isn’t yours.