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The holidays are approaching and most of us are shopping online. The scam below takes advantage of the holidays to trick someone into installing a malicious program. We have many red flags however. The message is coming from a @lincoln.com address not @fedex.com. We see some grammatical errors in the body. Clicking on "GET POSTAL RECEIPT" prompts you to run a program. It’s unlikely that Fedex would require you to install a program to get simple tracking information.

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