Twice in the last few weeks, while awaiting a USPS coin delivery, I received the following text message. I assumed it was a phishing expedition and ignored it. The coins were successfully delivered without any mishap. Is this a phish? Anybody seen this themselves? And if a phish, how did the scammers know I had a delivery coming? BTW, the coins were deliveries from Heritage Auctions and from David Kahn Rare Coins so it doesn't seem to be related to any particular vendor.
I've gotten them on my I-Phone as well.......they cast a wide net as I expected no delivery at the time. I've also gotten texts saying my Amazon and Netflix have expired.
Yes, it is a phishing scam. I can’t tell you what the scammers use to find out about deliveries but coincidence is possible too. You were right to ignore, but you can block this type of text in settings…Spark
I’ve received and totally ignored the ones I’ve received. It’s a scam and if you reply you may never see that package.
It is coincidence and yes it is phishing. We get so many of them in our office that I had to buy software to stop them. It may be USPS. Next time Fedex, Amazon or whoever. They are banking on the fact that you just may be looking for a USPS, Fedex or Amazon delivery. That is the hook.
Well, I'm not alone and I'm not crazy. That's poor comfort but I guess it's just part and parcel of living in the internet age. Can't wait until AI really makes it hard to protect ourselves. Thanks for the feedback.
Yes I get those all the time as well - google fi filters to spam though. They have also started sending images with the link or a QR code. Tricky.
First order of business is looking at the phone number your text was received from. The United States is country code 1. Your text phone number has a 44 country code as the first two digits. That code is for the United Kingdom. So your text originated outside the US. I'll leave the remainder of the assumptions to you. In my eyes it's glaringly apparent what that text represents. DON'T CLICK THAT LINK!
Also don't forget to notice that the link doesn't end with "usps.com" or "usps.gov". ANY link legitimately coming from the USPS would use one or the other. Between that and the UK number, this is the sorriest phishing attempt I've seen in a while.
Rule one: DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINK IN A EMAIL YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE Rule two: If you are expecting an email, check with the sender before clicking on a link. Rule three: Most phishing attempts have a certain modicum of stupid - a deliberate attempt to weed out smart people before wasting a lot of time trying to con them. A UK phone # with an alleged USPS notice ...
