PANAMA CITY -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is warning people to take a closer look at any email purporting to be from FedEx.
A scam reported to the BCSO attempts to gain access to a victim’s personal and financial information. This is how it works.
An email from “Fed;Ex” (note the semicolon) informs the reader that a package for them could not be delivered and is waiting at the nearest Fed;Ex office. The reader need only print out the shipment label attached to the email and bring it to the office.
When the email recipient opens the shipment label it launches a virus on their computer that steals personal and financial information.
Anyone who gets an email like that should delete it. Don’t open the attachments. More information on the scam is available on the website for the real FedEx, www.FedEx.com.