Beware of this scam: Parcel Delivery / Pick-up Notice archived

Received this yellow postcard with brown writing that indicated a package is waiting for me and that I have a limited time to pick it. Gives a number to call for parcel retrieval.

Notice is has no identifier, UPS, Fed Ex, USPS

If you happen to get one of these in the mail, do not call the number, it is a scam.

Some more info:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/direct-buy-of-RICHMOND/Richmond-Virginia-23238/direct-buy-of-RICHMOND-direct-BUY-now-using-US-mail-to-send-out-FAKE-parcel-PICKUP-notic-1050633

http://hastingsreminder.com/fake-package-pickup-postcards-return-p2702-92.htm

http://www.m.scamcallfighters.com/scam-call-8886842674-Parcel-Pick-Up-Notice-for-a-package-with-the-number-888-684-2674-Attempt-to-Steal-Personal-Info-8801.html

Do you know what happens if you call the number?

Just saw your links, and I see from the comments it says:

"It's an ID theft trap! Call back and the scammer will take down your name address. Will also want to verify other personal info till the victim gets suspicious. Meanwhile, the scammers would have assembled a "great data base" to mount ID theft operation."

I got an email like that with a live link "tracking number". Same thing--no listed carrier. I ignored it since I didn't have any unaccounted for packages.

Thanks for the heads up.

How does the USPS even send out this type of bulk mailing? The postmaster wherever these were released from (West Palm Beach, I guess?) should be fired immediately.

Interesting. I got an email for a similar scam. A screenshot of the email is below. Like a doofus, I clicked on the link to print the shipping label, but the download failed. I then did some googling and discovered it was a scam, which I should have realized immediately from the sender's email address.

^^ I just got that one too.

drummerboy said:

Interesting. I got an email for a similar scam. A screenshot of the email is below. Like a doofus, I clicked on the link to print the shipping label, but the download failed. I then did some googling and discovered it was a scam, which I should have realized immediately from the sender's email address.

Check the email source has been my first step whomever I am not sure about email title and contents.

I may even google the mail source to get an idea of legitimacy.

Example: let's say I get an email apparently from Microsoft. Then I want to make sure that it is a genuine Microsoft email sent through the company's email system.

I got a few package delivery emails in the past. Never acted on them.

mapletree said:

drummerboy said:

Interesting. I got an email for a similar scam. A screenshot of the email is below. Like a doofus, I clicked on the link to print the shipping label, but the download failed. I then did some googling and discovered it was a scam, which I should have realized immediately from the sender's email address.

Check the email source has been my first step whomever I am not sure about email title and contents.

I may even google the mail source to get an idea of legitimacy.

Example: let's say I get an email apparently from Microsoft. Then I want to make sure that it is a genuine Microsoft email sent through the company's email system.

I got a few package delivery emails in the past. Never acted on them.

I normally do all of that. For some reason, I completely trusted this one.

Often, as in the case of the USPS email above, it's the grammar or syntax that gives the game away. I've always wondered about that. If you're going to go to the trouble of phishing, why not pay for an accurate translation?

Note the bad English in drummerboy's graphic.

It's not just the Bad English™. There were ads at the bottom of the one I got.

I doubt USPS is sending emails with ads in them.

We very much like your money send.

I think I read somewhere that burglars will also leave flyers on the door. If they see a flyer left on the door for a while, it’s an indication that no one is home. So take down the flyers when you see them.

dos_centavos said:

I think I read somewhere that burglars will also leave flyers on the door. If they see a flyer left on the door for a while, it’s an indication that no one is home. So take down the flyers when you see them.

Wow, I never thought of that. That explains some lackluster flyers. It's a clever scheme.