{"id":3048,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3048"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"USPS-'We-Have-Sent-You-a-Message'-Malware-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3048","title":{"rendered":"USPS &#8216;We Have Sent You a Message&#8217; Malware Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to this message, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has sent you an email containing confidential personal information.<\/p>\n<p>The message urges you to click a button to access the supposed confidential information.<\/p>\n<p>However, USPS did not send the email. The email is a criminal ploy designed to trick you into installing malware on your computer. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> Clicking the link opens a compromised website that prompts you to download a file that supposedly contains the confidential message. Opening the file can install the malware.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the malware may vary. Once installed, the malware may harvest sensitive information such as banking passwords from your computer and send it to the criminals. Or, it may encrypt \u00a0all of the files on your computer and then demand that you pay a ransom to receive the decryption key.<\/p>\n<p>Be wary of any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/usps-malware-emails\/\">unsolicited \u00a0email that claims to be from USPS<\/a> or another delivery service. Criminals regularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/category\/malware\/\">distribute malware via fake notification emails<\/a> claiming to be from \u00a0courier \u00a0companies around the world.<\/p>\n<p>If you receive \u00a0a suspicious or unexpected notification message from a courier company, do not open any attachments or click any links that it contains.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an online account with the courier service, always login by entering the address into your browser&#8217;s address bar rather than by clicking a link in an email.<\/p>\n<h2>A screenshot of the malware email:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/usps-malware-300119-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/usps-we-have-sent-you-a-message-malware-email\/usps-malware-300119-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/usps-malware-300119-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,451\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"usps-malware-300119-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/usps-malware-300119-1-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/usps-malware-300119-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/usps-malware-300119-1.jpg\" alt=\"USPS Malware Email\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/usps-malware-300119-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/usps-malware-300119-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/usps-malware-300119-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/usps-malware-300119-1-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/usps-malware-300119-1-585x330.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/usps-we-have-sent-you-a-message-malware-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/usps-we-have-sent-you-a-message-malware-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this message, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has sent you an email containing confidential personal information. The message urges you to click a button to access the supposed confidential information. However, USPS did not send the email. 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