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The fake USPS delivery notification text message below with a link to m3svc.info is a scam and spam 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.
Hugh, urgent notification about the USPS package 7D33J8 from 04/26/2020. Proceed to m3svc.info/4pDw2a85Nt
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Org Name:USPSSorry To Let You Know That Your PackageWhich Arrived On 03/04/2021 Will Be Sent BackCheck:https://uspservice.oxfam.qc.ca/ Txt STOP to OptOutTHE LINK LASTED LESS THAN A DAY (now it's a 404 not found) AND WAS ASKING FOR CREDIT CARD INFO TO PAY RE-DELIVERY FEE OF $3 AND THE AMT IS JUST LOW ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE WOULD PAY .( 📝 note: the real post office has never charged me redelivery fee )
Received this today September 26, 2020:“Lorena, important alert about your USPS delivery 8J33R1 from 03/07/2020. Proceed to sq2m.info/9FcacRqi90”I blocked the number and will delete the message.Scam Number: 13474131738
Yoel, important alert for your USPS delivery 4D72D3 from 05/01/2020. Go to: sh8v.info/asCgVF2JjgGot this today 9/25/20 from 9179293274
On September 24, 2020, I received the following scam text: “Hor, important notice regarding your USPS delivery 1A97L3 from 06/10/2020. Click: sf6r.info/58dx8uzgx9“I deleted the text.
Received 9/23/20 from (347) 429-3616Text message "HI (name), this is Sam from Walmart! We have a Giftcard (sic) for you: client05.com/xQpacfzTRL
I got it today from 332-228-8240: "Jonathan, important notice about the USPS package 1K91S3 from 07/26/2020. Click: sb2n.info/ayBNIWiaom"Statistically a good guess, but my name isn't Jonathan. Also, I didn't mail anything in July.
Just got it as well from number 206-966-8161Bill, urgent notice regarding your USPS package 1I58I6 from 07/27/2020. Click: q2sxz.info/am0RXUkxoM
received a weird text from 646-419-0729. It included my name and said "found Package addressed to (me). Last pickup Friday!" the exclamation point is a good indicator of spam as is the phoney looking url link.
Scamming sob's trying to punk people out money.
I get at least 2 a day saying I have a package or money I need to claim..I just delete it
got it today (9/15) from (347) 255-9760 package 2R86H5 from 7/19/2020I know it's a scam because we know our mail delivery person!!! And they would have told us!
I got this today and thought it seemed suspicious:Ruth, important notification regarding your USPS package 8A54H9 from 06/18/2020. Proceed to m8svk.info/rqO31Bj3VQ
Received this message today, September 30, 2020. The number it came from 1 (347) 330-9287.... urgent notice regarding your USPS package 8L94R2 from 05/08/2020. Proceed to m8svk.info/rqvAnRrsvw
I just got this message.important notification regarding your USPS delivery 6H38J4 from 07/24/2020. Click: m8svk.info/rqvAnRcCFN
Today, 347-429-3616
I received message today with the following address:m8svk.info/rgvAnRnCk5phone number text was from: 347-404-4487
I received a similar message today.. with this address:m8svk.info/rgbrGvnJCpNumber showing for text was: 332-600-2965
Received this message today 9/13/2020 from (347) 254-0999
I received this message today from 803 334 9560
Received this message today. Deleted!
Same message today.
Got a similar message from 347-260-2032.
Got the same message this morning from 917-515-4673.
I received the same text-message. The name they used is a nickname that I only use online. Therefore the scammers must have gotten my information by breaching some website in which my phone number and other data were stored.
It just happened to me today too. At 8:09 am. They used my nickname too.
That literally around the time I got :8:05 thats so creeppyyy
[My first name], urgent notification for the USPS shipment 7K21G7 from 08/26/2020. Proceed to m6szv.info/EjYFCs2w73. This message was received at 7:30p on the same day (9/10) as an ExpressMail letter I sent on 9/4 was delivered at 1:34p; and so it was very tempting but is a fake. The shipment code is wrong, but it’s sure seems like the sender (or sender bot) has access to my name and text number. Given the coincidental timing, I wonder if this is empowered from the USPS selling my data or, if not, from the USPS system having a privacy vulnerability. Thanks for helping expose such things.
I have exactly the same experience. I had this happen 3 times already.
Received Sept 9, 6:17PM from 646-714-1393'Sherif, final notification for the USPS package 7K2L2 from 7/28/2020. Proceed to m5smz.info/RXemS7A0qp'No idea who 'Sherif' is, but I get lots of 'wrong numbers'/scam calls on that line. (It's my emergency phone issued by Medicaid; have had it 5 years, and it has always been on the completely ineffectual 'Do Not Call List') I'm guessing it may be someone who is aware of how much trouble people have had getting their packages during the pandemic with all the USPS cutbacks, perhaps even someone laid off from the Post Office? Just guessing. I had issues in July and August where I had to report USPS packages missing several times. Knew this was a scam, though. Thanks for the confirmation.M.L. in New Jersey
I just got this text via Verizon to my mobile phone today at 9:58 EST:(My name), urgent notification for the USPS shipment 2L2J2 from 6/17/2020. Click: m6szv.info/EkdM8YI9LZ
"[name], urgent notice about the USPS package 1K48F2 from 06/13/2020. Proceed to m5smz.info/RxwPvRpDlI "from (347) 244-9383
text from 657-340-0112: "Maine, urgent alert from your USPS delivery 6H77 from 04/19/20, Go to: m5smz.info.TXemS7dqwr" Like many others here, weirdly I also recently sent a USPS package AND I am in Maine, although I actually live in a totally other state. Something's weird here.
I got the same message from 646-714-1393
1 909 780-6897 Same
****, final alert regarding the USPS shipment 7G34K5 from 04/16/2020. Click:...From 646 419-0729
Received message today 9/9/2020 from a package on 5/18/2020 with a link.
*****, urgent alert regarding the USPS shipment 8R2F1 from 04/24/2020. Go to: m5smz.info/RWZglBpwQAfrom 917-930-5177 received September 9 2020 at 8:54 am Central time
From: 209-548-1461{NAME}, final alert for your USPS shipment 4G63I7 from 06/16/2020. Click: ms3svc.info/RWVUenjxSy
From: †1 (910) 331-6205‬null, important notice for your USPS package 1D53D8 from 05/24/2020. Click: m3svc.info/4pLUkeFnOl
I receive these Texts almost weekly claiming from usps, fedex or ups. I always keep track of my shipments. I know they are scams. Phone number from this one came from Linda, final notice about the USPS delivery 6J5K7 from 07/24/2020. Go to: m3svc.info/4pLUketJfc
Funny thing is I've never ordered anything from USPS until this past week when I purchased stamps online. So I ALLLMost fell for it since I'm expecting that package in any day now. But, I never go to a link starting with m3svc - or weird addresses like this. Rather, I search on the internet "scam" whatever the message says. Sure enough, it pops up as a scam. Thanks for the info.
Rx’d similar from 1 (657) 360-4577:[My name, redacted], final alert for your USPS shipment 1I45I4 from 03/23/2020. Click: m3svc.info/4pSCyGet87
James final alert regarding your USPS delivery 5G85L4 from 8/22/2020. Click m3svc.info/4pZkN96gu2
I’ve received all of these within the last week: 1 (718) 316-5140[my pseudonym], we came across a parcel from February pending for you. Please claim ownership and confirm for delivery here: l3smr.info/09GyPEdMll 1 (917) 370-4304[my pseudonym], we came across a parcel from February pending for you. Please claim ownership and confirm for delivery here: l4sve.info/o6icgxdMll 1 (714) 343-1783[my pseudonym], we came across a parcel from February pending for you. Please claim ownership and confirm for delivery here: l7smv.info/rCYwmWdMll 1 (765) 721-7596[my pseudonym], urgent notice regarding the USPS delivery 2R26J2 from 03/17/2020. Go to: m3svc.info/4pGS9ozt2g
I received this scam text from 1 (657) 341-6538Jim, final alert regarding the USPS delivery 1G28D7 from 04/18/2020. Go to: m3svc.info/4pIyd0ZcbI blocked the phone numberJim
Got a text from 332-214-1021 stating final notice for usps shipment. Since I didn't think I had a missing package, I googled the number first (came up as low risk for spam), however, still was suspicious so I kept looking. Thanks for posting this.
I have been receiving these emails and other ones like it for a few months. Is it me? Or have the people we pay to provide us with a safe communication network have dropped the ball on this one. Isn’t there some organization that “REALLY TRACKS AND APPREHENDS” these people who seek to damage and steal from us? Why not damage their network and light up their IP address. IP address by geographic location and computer, router, etc.
Mark, urgent notice regarding the USPS shipment 2R22D7 from 03/24/2020. Proceed to m3svc.info/4pIyd0rRJX
What is strange is I did send a package recently via the USPS. I did not click on the link, but makes me think someone has access or works at the Post Office that's grabbing the data. How else would they know?657-418-0560 was the number I received it from. There was another text that knew the person I was sending it to, so again, the USPS has people scamming the public.
I tried to Google the USPS shipment # and doesn't exist in the postal service tracking system, so I figured they got my phone # from another source, not USPS. I was employed by the postal service for 17 years, so I can file a complaint form with the USPS and get the postal inspectors get involved.