(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...
Clicking links inside a USPS scam text message may install a virus or other malware on your device. If you accidentally click, run a malware scan immediately. Don’t reply.Replying can help scammers verify that your number is active. Instead, delete all spam text messages and block the ...
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 ...
Similarly, the fraudulent text messages are made to appear as if they are from USPS. The texts also claim there is a delivery issue that requires you to click on the Usps.posthelpsa.com link and enter your information. Some examples of scam text messages include: USPS: Your package has ...
USPS Scam Text Message - 2023 I received multiple texts asking about a problem with a USPS package. I clicked on the link the first time, as I thought it was legitimate. Once I saw the scam, I exited out of the tab. I did not see anything download, and I did not enter any info...
It is safe to assume many people have received the "package at the post office" text. Email scams are another method of attack by scammers. Emails are sent to people indicating they have had a package delivery "suspended," or they have a package waiting at the Post Office. There are us...
The FTC said in the first nine months of 2023, consumers reported losing $23.6 million to imposter scam text messages. USPS said text messages or emails will not be sent to a customer unless the customer registered on their website to receive this type of communication, adding their messages...
USPS scam text messages claim that you “missed” a delivery and include a link to reschedule it. But the link isn’t from the U.S. Postal Service, and clicking on it can lead to devastating consequences. Thankfully, there are some commonalities among USPS delivery text scams that can ...
How To Recognize a Phishing Scam Scammers use email or text messages to try to steal your passwords, account numbers, or Social Security numbers. If they get that information, they could get access to your email, bank, or other accounts. Or they could sell your...
If so, USPS says you may have been the target of a "smishing," scam in which criminals send text messages with phony links claiming to be from the government. "If you never signed up for a USPS tracking request for a specific package, then don’t click the link!...