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Your father wakes up in the morning and heads to the open to enjoy a breath of fresh air. You wake up in the morning, head straight to the computer and delete those hundreds of useless emails that seem to have found their way into your email inbox in the death of the night. If spam deletion is more of an early morning ritual for you, its time to stand up and take action. The following tips will help you keep your Inbox clean and clutter free. 1. Unsubscribe Keep getting those promotional emails from one source or the other every single minute? Unsubscribing is the way to go for you. If the promotional email that you just received is from a (somewhat) reliable source, you are sure to find an unsubscribe link hidden somewhere within the text. I say hidden for the print is often so small that even the most powerful microscopes might fail to come to your aid.  You are most likely to encounter the 'unsubscribe' link towards the end of the email. However i...

An email purporting to be from N ACHA – The Electronic Payments Association is currently being fraudulently circulated to unsuspecting individuals and corporations. The mail claims that a certain payment has been cancelled and induces readers to download the attached ZIP file for details of such cancellation. In this regard I would like to point out that the said attachment hosts a malicious software / Virus capable of causing harm to your system and/or tracking your information.  You are therefore advised not to " open attachments or follow Web links in unsolicited emails from unknown parties or from parties with whom you do not normally communicate, or that appear to be known but are suspicious or otherwise unusual." It needs to be clarified that "NACHA itself does not process nor touch the ACH transactions that flow to and from organizations and financial institutions. NACHA does not send communications to individuals or organizations about individual ...

God these Emails just keep coming! The latest titled "  DHL Express Delivery Parcel Notification " is currently doing rounds. Strangely enough again only yahoo users are being targeted.  The email looks like as if its from DHL.Com and tricks unsuspecting recipients into downloading the zipped attachment. The attachment contains a virus which is then installed in the recipient's computer.

Another spam email titled " United Parcel Service Notification " is currently doing rounds. The mail contains an attachment purporting to contain information about a parcel (allegedly sent to your home address) and its tracking number. Now if you receive such emails I would advice you against downloading and up-zipping the (ZIP) file attachment as it contains a potentially harmful virus! I would also clarify that such emails are not sent by UPS . The email I received is reproduced below. Do note the spelling mistakes and the fact that the same mail has been sent to numerous other recipients. May 2011 UPS  Ex pres s Delivery tracking number # 7428528 Good morning Parcel notification The parcel was sent your home adress. And it will arrive within 5 buisness days. More information and the parcel tracking number are attached in document below. Thank you UPS Express Delivery system (c) Copyright © 1994-2011 United Parcel Service of America, Inc! All rights rese...

Have you received any email like the one I have reproduced below? If your answer is yes, its a good thing that you have searched for this post before downloading the attachment. That's because the (zip) file attachment contains a potentially harmful VIRUS.  I would therefore advice you against downloading such attachments now and in future. This is the email I received. Note how they have spelled the words "address" and "business" Express Delivery tracking number # 142423 Good morning  Parcel notification  The parcel was sent your home adress . And it will arrive within 3 buisness days. More information and the parcel tracking number are attached in document below. Thank you Express Delivery system  (c) 153 James Street, Suite100, Long Beach CA, 90000 Do you love IT? Take an IT online course .

Another scam email titled " Express Services notification " is currently doing rounds.  The mail contains an attachment purporting to contain information about a parcel (allegedly sent to your home address) and its tracking number.  Now if you receive such emails,  I would advice you not to download the (ZIP) file attachment as it contains a potentially harmful virus, which might install on computer once you un-zip the contents of the attachment. It is also apparent that mostly Yahoo users have been targeted by this scam.  Safety tip : Always keep your anti-virus updated to protect yourself from such threats and attacks. An example email is reproduced below : Important Information! Dear customer. The parcel was sent your home address! And it will arrive within 3 business day. More information and  the tracking number are attached in document below. Thank you! Best regards.  2011 Express Services International GmbH! All rights  reser...

Today I received another email with the subject " DHL Express Services ", notifying me about some sort of parcel that was sent to my address. The mail also contained an attachment purporting to contain information about the parcel and its tracking number.  Just as I had stated in my previous post on the FedEx Email Scam , I got the attachment examined and it did contain a VIRUS . With the growing list of people complaining about the receipt of such emails it is becoming quite evident that all this is a part of an organised effort to attack and infect our computers . Now if you receive such emails I would advice you not to download the (ZIP) file attachment as it contains a potentially harmful virus! You are better off deleting such emails. I would also clarify that such emails are not sent by DHL Express.   The email I received is reproduced below:  Dear customer  The parcel was sent your home address  And it will arrive within 10 busin...

Very recently I received an email with the subject " FedEx system notification",  notifying me about some sort of parcel that was sent to my  address. The mail also contained an attachment purporting to contain information about the parcel  and its tracking number.  This made me suspicious primarily because  I had not ordered any such parcel. The same email was sent to a large number of persons. I got the attachment examined and it did contain a VIRUS. Now if you receive such emails I would advice you  not to download the (ZIP) file attachment as it contains a potentially  harmful virus! I would also clarify that such emails are not sent by FedEx . The email I received is reproduced below:  Dear customer The parcel was sent your home address And it will arrive within 10 business days More information and the tracking number are attached in document below. Thank You © FedEx 1995-2011