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MichaelZZ | 12:29 Mon 28th Mar 2011 | Internet
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I keep getting emails, purportedly from UPS, informing me that they have a parcel for me. I do not open these messages or their attachments as I believe they are "phishing". I have tried blocking the latest email address but then I get another message with a slightly different "sender".
I have spoken to the real UPS and they have admitted that there is a problem. I was, at one stage told to forward these rogue emails to [email protected]. I have done this, but to no avail.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can stop the emails - apart from changing my email address?
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Just delete them, there isn't really anything you can do to stop them.

I get them too and they get deleted along with all the other spam/phishing emails.
Depending on what system you use to get your e-mails, Outlook for example, you can block the domain. So you could block any e-mails that come from UPS.COM. Then any variations in the first part of the address won't matter.

You might be able to do the same on Hotmail, etc.
I don't think you can. We some have periodicly but they still seem to get through even when I mark them as spam. Just delete them - I know they are annoying.
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Thanks, everyone, for your comments. I usually do delete suspicious emails but these from UPS are so persistent.
I didn't think that I could block the domain as Milly suggested but I now think that I've managed it. (I hope!)
Thanks Milly!
If you have solved it then great. Was just going to say that I've found MailWasher good at returning 'non existent account' type messages to put spammers off.
My wife opened one of these clicked the link (doh!) and it installed a trojan on her system - quickly removed with avast antivirus - what was she thinking!

Just delete it. UPS don't contact people in the UK to say they have a parcel for them
Log onto your Webmail service and add them to the block/spam list. They will not even be delivered to your system.
Forward each and every one of them to [email protected] This a service set up specifically to trace and hopefully reduce phishing etc.

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