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Url looks suss. Seems kinda sophisticated for the usual ups fishing scam. Here's the text message I got leading here.
"Wishing you a bright and sunny day!" Lol, I almost want to help this guy by explaining that UPS and American companies in general have disdain for their customers and would never wish them to have anything that would not benefit the company.
They can't figure out your address, but somehow they can figure out your email?
ITT things that make my chest tighten painfully
PSA you can check a bitly link without clicking it by using their link checker: https://support.bitly.com/hc/en-us/p/link-checker
Make your life easier: NEVER click on any link in an email.
In this case, if you are actually waiting for a USPS package, go to usps.com, enter your package number manually, and see if it tracks.
It is 100% a scam. I get texts with this exact text all the time with shady links going to a fake USPS website.
Ive had packages come to the building and the postal worker not knowing which box to put it in so it went back to the post office and the tracking indicating unsuccessful delivery due to unknown address (or something similar). In these cases, call or visit the post office doing the delivery or the company. The tracking number will be the key piece of information you can tie to a partial address. In smaller communities, this wont even happen as just placing a name on a package can get a successful delivery since the postal worker knows everyone in the community.
I think there's now a generation gap between kids today and people who were routinely sent to tubgirl and goatse during the internet's formal years.
If your URL is fucky, it's a scam. If you clicked one, they'll send you more.
Bit[dot]ly
Is an obvious clue. Companies/Entities like USPS don't use 3rd party url shorteners...
No, they just pipe them through asinine third-party tracking URLs that get blocked on my network
This is 10000% a scam. That's not the USPS url scheme. Plus, as a government entity, they'll start correspondence through certified mail. Another question you could ask yourself is "Did I order any packages lately?" IF not, then more proof it's a scam.
Hope you didn't click that link. You probably downloaded a malicious payload.
It's a scam. You can tell because you're getting it via a rcs text. I've never once seen a business use an encrypted text.
Also the URL of course.
You can tell because it’s a text message.
The USPS will leave you a notice in your mailbox, not text you.
Your phone number isn’t part of the address someone mails to.
I get a few of these every week. I used to just report and block, but lately I’ve been sending them messages that the delivery is important and that I’ll pay to have it expedited if they request money from me at .
Their messages are probably automated without anyone monitoring it, and I haven’t gotten a response yet, but I’d like to think that a few of them have been tricked into staring at a photo of some dude’s giant asshole.
USPS will never text you unless you have your account set up that way. My mom sends me these texts asking if they're legit, and I always ask, "Did you order something?" No. "Well, then why would you have a delayed package?"
Again, USPS will not text you like this, and they use a .gov domain.
Even if you were set up like that, if they can't make out the recipient address, then they wouldn't even know to contact you.
Just write in the nearest Subway/McDonald's address.
Super duper scam. You should very wary of clicking ANY link from a number you do not recognize for any information you do not expect to receive.
Yeah. I was getting these almost daily for a few months. Never responded to them and never missed any expected packages.
As others have said, that is definitely a link to a fake website.
"The .cyou domain is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) that's short for "see you". It's intended for social media influencers, creative directors, and other tech-savvy people who want to be seen online."
LOL - seems legit...
Scam. I get messages like this everyday and I know I don't have any USPS packages coming. Also a bit.ly link is super suss
Even if this is true - which it isn't - it's much better to let packages be sent back to the sender than to take responsibility upon yourself.
