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Recipients of an email with the subject, ‘Your shipment is on its way’ purporting to be from ‘DHL Customer Care’, are strongly advised to not click onlinks asking them to retrieve any parcels awaiting them. The email is likely to bea phishing attempt by cybercriminals, aiming to steal credentials and potentially install malware on your network. 

Another day, another fraudulent package notification vying for your attention. DHL is the focus of the latest phishing scam being intercepted by MailGuard. With the subject reading ‘Your package is stopped in one of our stations’, the email claims that a small fee needs to be processed in order to have the package released.

Cybercriminals are once again targeting the vulnerability of those patiently awaiting parcel deliveries, with a recent email scam pretending to be from leading international express delivery service, DHL Express. MailGuard has intercepted several phishing attempts imitating the trusted logistics service provider over the past year, mirroring the rise in online deliveries throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Global logistics service DHL has once again been impersonated in a phishing email scam detected by MailGuard.

Receiving an email claiming your package has been undelivered may be alarming, but as this phishing email reminds us, it never hurts to think twice before clicking on any links.

With online shopping on the rise, it’s common for parcel tracking notifications to appear in inboxes – a trend cybercriminals continue to exploit in their bid to trick users.

The email message shown in the screenshot above is not a genuine DHL message. While it shows DHL trademarks and graphics it is actually a phishing scam.

 A fake DHL email containing malware is putting Australian inboxes at risk.

MailGuard have successfully identified and blocked an email malware scam circulated by cyber criminals impersonating global logistics giant DHL.

MailGuard have successfully identified and blocked an email malware scam circulated by cyber criminals impersonating DHL today.

This outbreak has been widely distributed alerting the email recipient of a package which has been supposedly dispatched to be delivered to them.