Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Fake "We Found a Package from June Pending for You" text messages like the one below are scams and spams being sent by online spammers and scammers. Therefore, recipients are asked not to click the link in the fake text messages, they should just delete them.
John, we came across a parcel from June pending for you. Please claim ownership and schedule for delivery here:: hxxp://1smc.info/i4COxU9OvC
So far we have received the fake messages from the following telephone numbers:
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Received one from 9172079861
Received one from (217) 286-5498
I've received the same message from 714-519-8831, 717-644-3075, and 917-603-6264
received the same message from 657-478-5063
What's the object of the scam? What do they get if the link is clicked on?
Got one from 1 (407) 242-8784:“[my first name], we found a package from June pending for you. Kindly claim ownership and confirm for delivery here: l2scr.info/KiLMlb17XJ”
Received 2 from the following numbers(917)941-5578(917)521-9886They can't even give the common courtesy of using my correct first name!
I've gotten about 3 of them over the past few days. The numbers are:(917) 355-4208(347) 331-2293(714) 519-4988I'm sure they are just "masking" numbers though so there's probably thousands. :(
yes new scam number 917-973-0880
Received one today and one yesterday! XXXX, we found a parcel from June pending for you. Kindly assume ownership and schedule delivery here: (insert fake spam link the doo doo scammers hope you click on)Here are the numbers: 714-272-8445917-868-0667
I have gotten two message in one day the exactly the same. One from 716 and one from 917