(WSET) — You may want to check your phone and see if you've recently got a suspicious text. It's a scam designed to look like it's coming from the postal service. It reads 'Postal Notice - You have a package that needs to be ...
While this one wasn't so sneaky, it's good to remember that scammers will try anything and especially around the holiday season, don't trust anything saying a package can't be delivered without confirming the source. One or two wrong clicks could make for a bad day. 20 Businesses In Th...
ThePostal Servicetext message scam usually claims there's an unspecified problem with delivering a package, and, because of that issue, it "cannot be delivered." In order to resolve the issue, the messages ask for payment or fees (sometimes $1.99 or $3), and for the recipient to update ...
it won’t be assigned to your purchase. Your “item”, which is not actually real, will be delivered elsewhere. Victims often notice that the “item”, which is not actually there, was delivered before the victim had even placed the order. ...
This emerging scam typically starts with a text message stating a package is awaiting delivery but missing an address or tracking number. The recipient is prompted to click a link and enter personal details so the “package” can be delivered. However, the link leads to a sophisticated fake we...
They could not locate the package and stated that the guarantee means that I can get my money if it does not arrive!!! Next day I received an e-mail that package was delivered, ….but in a different town. When I contacted USPS to ask what does that mean, no one could explain and...
The text instructs the recipient to click on a link to re-confirm their address and other personal information so the package can be delivered. These messages come across as urgent and say that if the form isn't filled out within a certain amount of time, the package will be returned to...
But this was just the beginning of an elaborate scam. The USPS tracking number was for a package that had already been delivered to a different address. Baffled, Reed looked up other ways to get in touch with the vendor. In his search, he discovered that Google flagged the site as ...
SCAM #2: The USPS package arrived at the warehouse but could not be delivered due to incomplete address information. Question everything and in this text message, there is a lot that is giving off huge red flags. First, why in the world is USPS sending me text messages from a hotmail ...
Similarly, if you know that you haven't ordered a package recently or you're not expecting a redelivery attempt, receiving a USPS tracking delivery text is a sure sign of a scam.USPS scam texts follow many of the same patterns as PayPal scams, phishing attacks, and even scams on ...