jnelsoninjax Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) I'm fairly certain that it is considering the area code is for Connecticut, and I also get an email daily from the USPS showing me any mail/packages that are coming. I tried to go to the address from my computer, and it never connected, just sat there trying. Edit to add: I checked the short URL via a decoder and it redirects to: https://upoont.xyz/ that then redirects to USPS, I'm still not 100% convinced that it is legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted November 21, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 21, 2022 I get a lot of texts from other companies. And political shiz. 1. Check your bank statements, make sure there is no hiccups. 2. Look on your accounts (Amazon for example) and make sure there isn't any orders you don't know about. 3. If all turn up fine, it's just a scam. Be sure to block them. jnelsoninjax 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 21/11/2022 at 13:25, Mindovermaster said: I get a lot of texts from other companies. And political shiz. 1. Check your bank statements, make sure there is no hiccups. 2. Look on your accounts (Amazon for example) and make sure there isn't any orders you don't know about. 3. If all turn up fine, it's just a scam. Be sure to block them. 1&2 are good, so I am going with my initial assement that it is a spam message. Thanks for the suggestions. Mindovermaster 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted November 21, 2022 Supervisor Share Posted November 21, 2022 yeah that 100% looks like a phishing text. that's one of the known types of scams going around again recently jnelsoninjax 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 21/11/2022 at 13:29, Brandon H said: yeah that 100% looks like a phishing text. that's one of the known types of scams going around again recently Good to know, considering I was not expecting any packages I assumed it was a phising/scam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellowalkman Reporter Posted November 21, 2022 Reporter Share Posted November 21, 2022 almost definitely phishing link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted November 21, 2022 Veteran Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) it's not just going to USPS.com it's going to some shady URL's first then redirecting https://upoont.xyz/ https://pv.sohu.com/ Which are registered in Bejin, CN so I would question what they did before they redirected you to USPS.com Edited November 21, 2022 by Jim K Removed active links to prevent accidental clicking Michael Scrip and hellowalkman 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrobwx71 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Did you sign up for Text alerts from the USPS? If not, then its spam/phishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted November 21, 2022 Supervisor Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 21/11/2022 at 16:18, xrobwx71 said: Did you sign up for Text alerts from the USPS? If not, then its spam/phishing. url wouldn't look like that if it was from official USPS anyway Mindovermaster 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris003 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Yes this is Phishing, I get so many texts with these link shortener its not funny anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted November 23, 2022 MVC Share Posted November 23, 2022 On 21/11/2022 at 12:20, jnelsoninjax said: I'm still not 100% convinced that it is legit. Its not - there is no freaking way that is a legit text, delete it - block it if you want and move on.. Report it if you want https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/smishing-package-tracking-text-scams jnelsoninjax 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 On 23/11/2022 at 11:30, BudMan said: Its not - there is no freaking way that is a legit text, delete it - block it if you want and move on.. Report it if you want https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/smishing-package-tracking-text-scams Thanks Budman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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