Spam Email?

[tearinghair]

A couple of times in my Spam box in BT Yahoo I've had an email supposedly from 'First-class tracking mail' + a reference number. each time I've deleted without opening it. It was spam, wasn't it? I have sent a parcel to USA which hasn't been delivered yet, but there's no reason why they would have my email address, and it was sent by ordinary airmail 'small packet' with no additional charges paid for tracking.
Not a very nice trick...

[rojash]

"It was spam, wasn't it?"

More likely phishing, but either way, deleting it is the sensible option.

[tearinghair]

Good, thank you, that's a relief. A lot of people, like me, must be thinking whether they ought to open it in case some mail has gone astray at this time of year.

[squarebear]

Was it addressed to you personally and not just "dear customer". Is it from a firm you have been dealing with?

[tearinghair]

I didn't open it, squarebear, so I don't know the details. But I sent the parcel via Royal Mail (mistake!) and there was no ref to them in the title. I can't check now as it has gone back into cyberspace.

[squarebear]

If you sent it via royal mail and your mail was from "first class tracking", I think you have answered your own question.

[tearinghair]

Probably, yes, but I needed a bit of reassurance.

[boxtops]

There are a lot of different versions of this phishing email, I regularly get one purporting to be from FedEx (who I've never used)

[tearinghair]

Mmm, I've had them before from UPS (ditto, never used). It was just the timing, plus the fact that the parcel hasn't yet been delivered but should have been, that made me wonder whether I'd deleted something that I really needed to know about. Thank you all for your help.

[squarebear]

They prey on the gullible at this time of year. My wife received one entitled "birthday card from a friend" from someone she didn't know when it was her birthday. I spent all weekend sorting that one out...