E-mail: scam or legitimate?

[Thistle]

You are UK-based. You receive an e-mail from Updates@hapee-nlb-ceb42de3fbb5e1c4.elb.us-west-1.amazonaws.com. You look at the message properties and see that the message appears to have originated in Australia (X-Origin-Country: AU). The e-mail purports to be from Ofcom.

Please tell us in the poll above how you would deal with the e-mail.

 

[pvb]

If you'd used Gmail to access your emails, it wouldn't have got as far as your inbox.

 

[syvictoria]

Neither.

I duckduckgo the email address and find nothing immediately obvious for or against
I duckduckgo "updates@hapee-nlb" and find that it's likely something to do with server load balancing
I duckduckgo "ofcom" "amazonaws.com" and find that ofcom do indeed use these addresses
I open it, but I don't click on anything or enable images until I'm sure of the origin/intent (I'm using a Chromebook or Android and so less likely to get a virus/malware infection anyway).

How sad (or reckless?) am I?!!!!

 

[lustyd]

Many government agencies use Amazon AWS these days, and will use their mass mailing facilities which may well come from an address like that. Amazonaws.com is indeed a valid domain, so nothing suspicious about that part other than the sender not setting a suitable email address up.

As to the poll, where is the option for believing it's OFCOM and still binning it? I do as little as humanly possible when dealing with them, their entire purpose is pointless bureacracy!

 

[lustyd]

Oh, also, open it in something like Outlook that allows you to view without danger. Don't load images and don't click on links you don't recognise, text cannot harm you or your computer!