Will USPS text me about package delivery issues during holiday season? by: Kelsey Thompson. Posted: Dec 6, 2024 / 01:53 PM CST. Updated: Dec 6, 2024 / 06:59 PM CST.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has become one of the most imitated brands for phishing scams. If you get an unsolicited text from the USPS, it's likely not them.

Per the USPS, an example text message for an expected delivery may look like: USPS 01123456789123456789, Expected Delivery by: Monday, September 11, 2017 Reply STOP to cancel. USPS tracking texts ...

Warning Issued for USPS Scam Text: What to Look Out For. Published Mar 06, 2025 at 5:42 PM EST Updated May 06, 2025 at 10:35 AM EDT. By . Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York ...

USPS also asks customers to forward the smishing text message to 7726 to assist with reporting the scam phone number. The Postal Inspection Service will contact you if more information is needed ...

Watch out for mail-based scams, the U.S. Postal Service said last week. Here are tips on how to protect yourself from fraud and ID theft.

Customers are receiving warnings about a fake USPS text scam notifying them of a package delivery. The USPS issued an alert to customers in June about the hoax, telling them to be cautious of ...

The texts were coming from a group called the Smishing Triad. The fraudsters sell smishing kits online for around $200. “The scammers themselves were using a lot of different domains.

The Smishing Triad network sends up to 100,000 scam texts per day globally. One of those messages went to Grant Smith, ... USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation.