Virus alert

There is a virus circulating with the title "UPS/FedEx Delivery Failure" in the Subject Line. You can receive a FAKE email from "UPS/FedEx Customer Service" along with an airbill number. It will say that they were un-able to deliver a package sent to you on such and such a date. It then asks you to print out the attached invoice copy and take it to their offices for pick-up. DON'T ... IT LAUNCHES THE VIRUS - Delete the e-mail immediately. This one is a good warning and is verified on the real FedEx, UPS and Snopes web sites. Please never forward a message like this until you have personally verified it.

http://fedex.com/us/fraud/virusalert.html

"Be alert for fraudulent e-mails claiming to be from FedEx regarding a package that could not be delivered. These e-mails ask the receiver to open an attachment in order to obtain the airbill or invoice for picking up the package. The attachment contained in this type of e-mail activates a virus. DO NOT OPEN the attachment. Instead, delete the e-mail immediately."

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/news/service_updates/virus_us.html

"We have become aware there is a fraudulent e-mail being sent that says it is coming from UPS and leads the reader to believe that a UPS shipment could not be delivered. The reader is advised to open an attachment reportedly containing a waybill for the shipment to be picked up."

"This e-mail attachment contains a virus. We recommend that you do not open the attachment, but delete the e-mail immediately."

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp

Thanks to our friend Stan Coggins.