Windows 10: Package Tracking Links hiding malware attachment - Novel vector?

I almost got burned.... from a great place to hide malware.

I get a lot of messages that I'm getting a FEDEX, USPS, or UPS package. The tracking emails typically provide nothing but a link. I clicked today, and it asked me if I wanted to open.... OH! Wait.... a Word.DOC?? Pass....

Instead of a link, it was an attachment that appeared to be a link, instead. (I'm using web browser Gmail). I haven't seen many of these... yet.... and so I wasn't on-guard. Those of us that are "smart", are not immune to getting caught when we are not paying attention, tired, or expecting something already. Just a good reminder for me. *Think

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Cortana Package Tracking

Hi Dwain,

With regard to your query, Cortana package tracking tracks package from the following retailers:

• Amazon.com
• Target
• Walmart
• Apple
• eBay
• Microsoft Store

To know more about Cortana package tracking, please check this link:
Cortana package tracking.

Let us know if there is anything else we can do to help.

 

Cortana package Tracking not working

To assist you better, we would like to ask some questions for clarification.

• Where you able to use the package tracking before?
• Who is the carrier of the package you are trying to track?

We look forward to your reply.

 

Tracking packages

I have a question about how Cortana tracks packages. I understand she gets the shipment information automatically from the emails I receive. However, once Cortana identifies the shipment and adds it to the "tracking list", can I delete the email (or move
it out of my inbox)? Or will that remove the tracking and/or cause Cortana to stop tracking the package? Now that MS has enhanced Outlook also automatically to put an appointment for the shipment in my calendar, same question there too--will deleting the email
cause the calendar entry to get deleted? Thanks in advance for the assistance.