[LUG] Rubbish emails

[Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am used to receiving scam emails, though not many. Just today I have 
had two identical ones, supposedly from DHL. This tells me that they 
tried to deliver a parcel at 10.10 last Wednesday, but no one was in. As 
it happens we *were* in.

Then it goes on to say that if it is not picked up within 72 hours it 
will be returned to sender. It even includes a label number. Then, and 
here's the best bit, I am invited to read an enclosed file for details. 
Would you believe the said 'enclosed file', actually an attachment, is a 
zip file?

Now the email address used is one I rarely use at all. I have never 
given this email address to DHL, or to anyone else for that matter. And, 
if I fell for all that, would DHL send a *zip* file to give me some 
simple details about a parcel? LOL.

So what has this to do with Linux? Well, I assume that, if I were silly 
enough to click on the attachment, any nasties would fail to run because 
I am not using Windows. Is that a fair assumption?

Thanks

Neil

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