I received two emails today that were sent to spam appearing to be from FedEx with the subject "Delivery Status Notification". I typically don't get these spam messages. It didn't mention WWRUG but I wonder if there is a large scale delivery spam attack going on. I am jealous, yours was customized :)
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:02 PM, arslist <arsl...@danielbloom.ca> wrote: > ** > > It sounds very fishy indeed.**** > > We ship no materials before the conference to attendees, and almost > everything goes straight to the conference center anyway.**** > > ** ** > > I will take this as a heads up that if for some strange reason we do for > the first time, we should warn people as well.**** > > ** ** > > We have quite a few sponsors signed up already, the presentation kiosks > are already sold out for the conference, the papers will be posted to the > web site very soon, and I hope to have our line up of Keynotes settled by > the end of the week (not counting any surprise attendees during the > conference).**** > > ** ** > > Although I have only seen some of the papers for this year, they looedk > like a stunning group and we have [more] panels this year for longer fuller > discussions of some topics.**** > > ** ** > > Cheers Daniel**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Jason Miller > *Sent:* June 12, 2013 4:48 PM > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* Re: OT: Are Any Materials Shipped for WWRUG?**** > > ** ** > > ** **** > > I don't remember ever receiving any pre-conference materials. I am not an > authoritative source but it sounds fishy.**** > > ** ** > > Jason**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Stroud, Natalie K <nkst...@sandia.gov> > wrote:**** > > ** **** > > All:**** > > **** > > I was approved to attend this year’s WWRUG for the first time ever, and > I’m even planning to present! I submitted my registration at the end of > May, just before the rates went up the first time.**** > > **** > > I just received this “Package Undeliverable” email notification that kinda > looks like spam about a package that allegedly couldn’t be delivered to > me. I don’t recognize the company (freightinternationalservices.com), > and the wording is really vague the way spam tends to be. But the message > is professionally formatted HTML, and the only thing that occurs to me that > points to possible legitimacy would be if the folks from WWRUG normally > send some kind of materials to conference attendees and/or conference > presenters. I know that one of the addresses associated with WWRUG is in > Canada, so I’m wondering if maybe they used a Canadian shipping company > that we don’t have here in Albuquerque. I tried Googling > freightinternationalservices.com but couldn’t find it.**** > > **** > > There’s a Get and Print Receipt button that I’m not about to click unless > I can determine that the message is legitimate. (Brain in gear before mouse > in motion, and all that. ;] ) The button points to a site called > oops.nagts.org, and I couldn’t find that site or www.nagts.org, either, > so at this point I very strongly suspect this message to be a phishing > attempt. **** > > **** > > If anyone could let me know whether packages get shipped to WWRUG > attendees and/or presenters, I’d be grateful for the info.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > **** > > *Natalie Stroud***** > > SAIC @ Sandia National Laboratories**** > > ARS-ITSM Reporting Specialist**** > > Albuquerque, NM USA**** > > nkst...@sandia.gov**** > > ITSM 7.6.04 SP2 – Windows 2003 – SQL Server 2008**** > > **** > > **** > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ **** > > ** ** > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ **** > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
