Deutsche Post: These Spam messages are known
Often the wrong emails from the same addresses are sent with the same subject. The following data are used particularly frequently:
- E-Mail addresses: security@deutschepost.de, avis@dhl.com, trackandtrace@deutschepost.de
- Subject lines: the "order summary/invoice forwarding service", "Many thanks for your Internet-commissioning", "service REDIRECTION for letter mail from XX. XX. xxxx", "your DHL package 9234500900001 has been deposited in to your neighbors".
Fake mail for the German Post
How to detect fake German Postal Mails
- If you do not expect a message from the German Post, this is the first time to be suspicious.
- You will find a substantive error or not, something is wrong with the grammar, you can often originate from a Spam e-Mail. Such errors are for the Post-very unusual.
- Look carefully at the sender or subject. You Google this you will find in a Spam e-Mail, in many cases, suitable entries in the Internet.
- Do not open attachments. Here are the most hidden viruses, especially when these are Packed in a RAR file.
- Also, Links should not open directly, but only with a right-click to copy and somewhere on the insert. It is in the copied Link really the Web address of the German Post, he seems to be safe.
- Conclusion: Not every point indicates to a Spam Mail, each additional indication hardened the suspicion. Doubt, there are still can you confirm the Mail authenticity. A corresponding contact form can be found here.
For more tips and Tricks, see the practice tip "So you can recognize Spam-Mails".
