Below are text messages that social media users reported receiving in May 2022, all of which led to fraudulent websites.
Well this is a new scam.Mom got a text from “USPS” saying that her package had an invalid address,as she has mailed several things recently in regards to Poppy’s estate she checked on it.The web site looks hinky and they started asking for credit card info 🤦🏻♀️ /V21iLtE8wD- Greta & RIP Rowdy ApThis Twitter user drew yellow arrows to show that, while the website might have looked like, it was actually a scam website on a web domain called .Ĭommon language in the text messages found in these scams include several different variations. However, unless a website’s URL contains the exact spelling of, it’s likely a scam. Such websites have been designed to look just like the official post office website,. The texts usually include a link to one of these scammy websites that might show letters from the USPS acronym, such as “USP,” in its URL.
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The Postal Service text 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 their personal financial information on a scammy website. Postal Service and enforces the law that ensure public safety within the nation’s mail system.” How the Scam Works Postal Inspection Service ( USPIS), which “protects the U.S. The incidents can be reported to the U.S. The best course of action is to delete them. Never click the links in these text messages.
Such scams seek to compromise personal and financial information.
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