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05-19-2020, 06:04 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: W Wash
Posts: 1,644
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Sneaky SCAM using USPS
Got a really sneaky scam claiming to be from USPS advising me I need to click the embedded tracking number to reschedule delivery of a package.
Was not expecting a package. Further investigation shows email came from a company digestusps.GOV. Real USPS used a .com address.
With so much shopping online and the big guys using USPS for last mile I bet it is super easy to get the unaware to click through.
RUN, RUN.
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05-19-2020, 06:53 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Colorado
Posts: 8,971
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Never, ever, ever, ever click a link in an email you do not recognize.
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05-19-2020, 07:15 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 13,916
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I get that sort of thing all the time, except it's always in my spam folder, so I don't even look. More often they spoof Fedex I find.
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05-20-2020, 10:48 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,612
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The best way to tell if you have a package (or most any mail) coming to you from USPS is to sign up for their Informed Delivery Daily Digest. You get an email each day they have mail to deliver to you. As a bonus, mail holds then become much easier - when going out of town - because they have verified you and your address.
- Rita
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05-20-2020, 11:53 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Laurel, MD
Posts: 8,327
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Is there any regulation involved with using a .GOV address? Scammers generally avoid using the USPS to avoid the postal inspector, so it is pretty sneaky to claim to be USPS to execute a scam.
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05-20-2020, 11:58 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Berkeley, Denver, CO, USA
Posts: 1,406
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by nwsteve
Further investigation shows email came from a company digestusps.GOV.
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Did not.
They spoofed the email address.
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05-20-2020, 12:01 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,608
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My informed delivery e-mails come from usps.gov.
I really like this service. It's nice to know what to expect in the mailbox each day.
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05-20-2020, 12:19 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
Posts: 18,727
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Quote:
Originally Posted by powerplay
My informed delivery e-mails come from usps.gov.
I really like this service. It's nice to know what to expect in the mailbox each day.
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Sometimes.....my 5/12 informed delivery show my car registration sticker envelope, but as of today....it's not in my mailbox. Our lady mail person has no clue where it "went".  Gotta love the post office folks! No accountability for deliveries.
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05-20-2020, 03:50 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: W Wash
Posts: 1,644
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gotadimple
The best way to tell if you have a package (or most any mail) coming to you from USPS is to sign up for their Informed Delivery Daily Digest. You get an email each day they have mail to deliver to you. As a bonus, mail holds then become much easier - when going out of town - because they have verified you and your address.
- Rita
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That is the gotcha--the email does a very good job of knocking off the genuine email you get in the daily digest notice.
Since I was pretty sure I had no packages coming, I checked the sending email and saw the bogus sender
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05-20-2020, 04:03 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 135
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gotadimple
The best way to tell if you have a package (or most any mail) coming to you from USPS is to sign up for their Informed Delivery Daily Digest.
- Rita
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This ^^^ is where it is at! I love this! I only get mail at my PO Box, so the morning email helps me decide if I want to go to the PO to get my mail or if I can wait a day. I don't want to say this out loud, but I'd actually pay for this if the USPS ever got smart and charged me for it! On the other hand, what I'm already paying for my PO Box is criminal.....
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