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It showed up in his inbox last week. Rich Johnson says the email with the Staples emblem stated his order for shredder bags was on its way.
What got his attention was the message to click on the “Driver Release form” if he wasn’t going to be around when it was delivered.
“If anyone does click on that link, I’m afraid at the very least it may be a virus. At the worst some kind of malware, something that would harm your computer,” Rich says.
Staples sells this particular brand of shredder bags and the model number was the same, but the price wasn’t.
For Rich, the biggest red flag was he hadn’t ordered anything from Staples.
I reached out to Staples and learned the email was not from the office supply chain. I was told Staples never asks customers to fill out a driver release form after an order is placed, always before.
Staples believes crooks may have been trying to send Rich a virus or get personal and financial information from him. If you’re ever suspicious about an email, don’t reply or click on any links.
The best advice is to delete it from your inbox. You also might contact the company to make sure you don’t owe it any money and that officials know about it.
To report these kind of attempts to steal your personal information, go to the anti-phishing link on the right side of this page.