Beware new phishing message scheme: Looks like USPS

[lindysalsagal]

Looks really really real, until you try to click on any of the phony llinks. Then, you go nowhere. But they have inputs for your name address and email, so, go to your merchandizer's (amazon) tracking link and check there before inputting your personal info.

[jcgoldie]

1. I got one of those

It said paraphrasing “your package is on its way but we need to clarify the address and if you don’t reply it will be sent back.” The way I recognized it was the url was ussps.com. Tricksters.

[FSogol]

2. Never click on those links. Hover your cusor over them and the link will display in your browser.

You can usually tell the link is phony.

(Using firefox, the link is shown on the bottom left of the browser)
Not sure about other browsers.

[lindysalsagal]

3. It was an adroid phone message

[Ms. Toad]

6. Before clicking on links,

All yourself whether you gave the party purportedly sending the message would have the means to content you that way.

My spouse has asked me numerous times about whether I used PayPal to buy something, because she got a PayPal message. She hasn't had a PayPal account in her life, so the new fact that she received a PayPal message means it is fake.

Did you give the USPS the means to contact you via an Android phone message (whatever you mean by that - text message?)? If not, it's fake. Just delete it. Clicking on links in phishing messages is very high risk.

[Tetrachloride]

4. My strategies:

1. If spam is not landing in the junk box

A. Automatic rules may be created
B. creation of new email addresses, especially in either Google Gmail or Apple iCloud. I have found they have effective junk mail filters.

2. Unsubscribe from newsletters.

3. Refraining from online purchases at some companies.

4. ad blocking to reduce cross domains tracking

5. new phone number

6. disable SMS messages

[niyad]

5. I have gotten about two dozen of those things. Cracks me up, in that I have not

ordered anything.

My next favourites are all the things that I have won, not having entered any contests.

[BlackSkimmer]

7. I don't know what this one is, but a friend got one supposedly from "Merrick Garland."

The email explained that he was warning her against fraud, but that there was some money (6 million) she could retrieve if she responded.

Chock full of punctuation, spelling mistakes, etc., but had his name as the email addy and a fake DOJ header. She found it hilarious, but I'm sure there are people who'd fall for it.