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Do you guys think this is a scam? (lemmy.world)

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Url looks suss. Seems kinda sophisticated for the usual ups fishing scam. Here's the text message I got leading here.

"Wishing you a bright and sunny day!" Lol, I almost want to help this guy by explaining that UPS and American companies in general have disdain for their customers and would never wish them to have anything that would not benefit the company.

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[-] Sylaran@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Lmao I got this exact scam message and reported as spam as you should

[-] Deadeyegai@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Scam. I get messages like this everyday and I know I don't have any USPS packages coming. Also a bit.ly link is super suss

[-] misophonium 1 points 5 months ago

You should download the USPS Informed Delivery app and sign up for email notifications about your mail. These texts are scams and the government never contacts you outside of snail mail/email unless you specifically sign up for another way.

[-] iamanurd@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

I get a few of these every week. I used to just report and block, but lately I’ve been sending them messages that the delivery is important and that I’ll pay to have it expedited if they request money from me at .

Their messages are probably automated without anyone monitoring it, and I haven’t gotten a response yet, but I’d like to think that a few of them have been tricked into staring at a photo of some dude’s giant asshole.

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

In case of USPS, the only URL that looks suss is "usps.com", what are you thinking about? :)

[-] BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

USPS will never text you unless you have your account set up that way. My mom sends me these texts asking if they're legit, and I always ask, "Did you order something?" No. "Well, then why would you have a delayed package?"

Again, USPS will not text you like this, and they use a .gov domain.

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Even if you were set up like that, if they can't make out the recipient address, then they wouldn't even know to contact you.

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