The United States Postal Service is warning of a scam involving text messages that ask for information in order for a package to be delivered.
Not only USPS. I got one today from “Canada posts” from a UK number. (I’m in Canada btw).
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There’s also a recent scam involving Nigerian princes, I hear…
Also called the advanced fee scam
So +44 is not the US calling Code, +44 can fuck right off.
Well +1 is the US country code. +44 is UK
That’s how you know it’s fake…the USPS would never wish anyone a great day.
Just looked in my text spam. I’ve gotten several of those over the past week. Huh.
I got one of these yesterday that directed me to go do “uspspl.com” from a random hotmail.com email address.
Yes, I knew what was going on and since there wasn’t any tracking info in the URL I decided to go there.
It did a redirect to the correct “usps.com” site.
Whatever happened it was a fail on the part of the scammers. Lol
We are getting these all the time here from Canada Post and UPS
I’ve been getting these for ages now… UPS, USPS, endless scam texts all the time!
Yeah my friend got one, the URL was convincing and the USPS page is very convincing, it looks almost identical to the real site including load animations.
You went to the site in the link? Lol what
I didn’t but my normally smart friend did. They showed me the site and only realized it was fake from some minor detail.
Eh we all get fooled sometimes. Glad they realized it was fake.
Been getting these for literal months. Unfortunately the people who will fall for this won’t read this warning.
It’s been going on for at least a year. The scammers got exactly what they wanted, this warning means nothing now other than to signal the scammers that they need a new method.
Canada has been getting these scams for well over a decade. People still fall for it even though it’s BRUTALLY OBVIOUS ITS A SCAM. Why would Canada Post text you?
A lot of the phone scams seem to target Chinese. There’s some that tell you what’s up in English and Chinese (which is a sign right there, as English and French are the official languages) in a recording and then say hit 1 for English and 2 for Chinese.
I’d occasionally hit 1 for shits and giggles and act nervous about the warrant or my package stuck in customs or whatever they were trying to say. Early on, there would be someone trying to engage. First time buddy asked my name and I pointed out that he was trying to contact me so he should already know. Buddy got mad and demanded why I hit the button instead of hanging up lmao. But eventually it would just disconnect if you hit the English option. And I don’t know why Chinese so attempts to troll them on that line didn’t last long.
Those calls seem to come in waves. Or maybe trolling them a bit gets them to add you to their do not call list and I only get them when someone starts a new scamming shop. I’d like to think I’m annoying them more than they are annoying me lol.
I got a really believable scam text a couple of weeks ago from a purported collection agency. I’m having some debt issues and it looked very real. The fact that they didn’t say my name or who they represented were obvious clues, but I could definitely see myself not thinking about that and downloading their attached PDF.
Good on you for figuring it out!
What worries me is how many people didn’t figure it out.
Dude I got one too. I even Googled the website and it came up as legit. I just ignored it because fuck collection agencies. They can’t do anything If they can’t verify it’s you. Also I don’t have debt beyond my car payment which I’m ahead on so that was another hint.
Lol I knew it was a scam because nobody fucking sends me mail.
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these have been all over the UK for years. ngl first time i saw one i almost fell for it since i actually did have an order due
That’s what they’re counting on. You’ll glance at it and in a single moment make a bad decision that exposes your finances.
It annoys me that they use different (probably spoofed) numbers that basically make it impossible to block them
Google messages has done a good job blocking them before I see them. My spam filter is full of them.
