Scam Alert

[efhmc]

If you get a message saying your package was not deliverable by what seems to be the USPS, please look closer. This site usiup.top is a scam to get your credit card information. They ask for a .30 redelivery fee and will put the charge on your credit card. Was a bit groggy when I first read this this am but called a stop when they first asked for a redelivery fee and then my Credit card info.

[Ocelot II]

1. USPS will never ask for a redelivery fee.

And how the real USPS even know whom to call if they didn't know where to deliver your package?

[efhmc]

3. All good thoughts. Took me a while to wake up and not panic that my gson would not get his Christmas

present on time.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Been seeing variations on that one for a long time...

I make them disappear.

[efhmc]

4. Before I figured it out I actually provided the wrong address, forgetting that mine was the right one,

since he will be here and not at his home for Christmas.

[sarcasmo]

5. This scam on top of the, your Netflix account has been canceled. So many email scams, UGH!

[Traildogbob]

6. Thank you

Have received that message a few times over last few months. I never click but have been curious. Thom Hartmann brought it up yesterday, so thank you for alerting us all. Was gonna go to the PO and show them the text, but ya saved me a trip to the local Petri Dish. Merry Holidays and happy birthday Santa. I’m only giving incense and mirth this year. People need to call some wise men for gold. Or, it’s stuck in a Post Office shelf to be picked up by the gift receiver.

[Niagara]

7. I always place an address label for both sending (them) and return (me)

Once I place the address labels on the package, I really pack on M3 brand of shipping tape across both the address labels. This protects from smears and any type of damage so that both addresses are readable.

I recently went inside my local post office to ship a package on December 9th (non priority) and this package came back to me on December 16th , two hours after the post office closed.


I had to go back to the Post office yesterday morning with both my package and receipt. I had to stand in an extra long line and I was hot under the collar about having to reship this package. The clerk was helpful and gracious. Since I brought my receipt in, I didn't have to repay for shipping. The verdict was that the shipping label that the USPS places on after weighing fell off. I walked out of the post office in a much better mood than when I walked in.


Moral of this story: Place shipping tape over both to and from addresses to protect the readability. The package should always come back to the shipper if there's an issue. Save the shipping receipt, place it near your driver's license or money card...
super imperative to save the receipt.

I once purchased shipping tape from the USPS and the tape dispenser is terrible to operate, so I only purchase M3 shipping tape now.


Happy package shipping, Shippers!

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

11. The scammers are contacting people

Expecting to receive--not send--a package, and millions are receiving packages from online purchases...where customers can't control how things get sent to them.

This is what the scammers are counting on--people who have ordered things online, and may be worried about its arrival.

[Niagara]

12. I understand that. However the USPS isn't going to ask for account information.

I was also describing in detail what recently happened to me with a delivery failure.

[bob4460]

8. The scammers have gotten smart here

They send a bank notice text (from the same text number) that says you have a $1200 charge going on your account then provide a handy link for you to log in,LOL. They almost got me with that one and I am pretty tech savvy.

[Attilatheblond]

15. Yep, have recieved those too

and it does cause a moment of panic before the brain says: WARNING! THIS IS A SCAM

[twodogsbarking]

9. You didn't really win a power drill.

Your order for $499 to be charged to your credit card unless you contact us immediately.

[SarahD]

10. Nothing but scams now

My debit card is locked. My credit card is locked. I have a package waiting. My purchase could not be processed. I need to verify my information. Medicare is going to cancel me. My tax refund is held up.

[lpbk2713]

13. I would like to persue this.

But I can't get back to them.

A nice gentleman with a heavy accent called and told me I have a virus in my computer.

[JanLip]

16. I know what you mean...

I get text and emails saying my account has been locked. Like Amazon. I never click on a link. I just go to the main Amazon website and check to make sure. I’ve gotten the package USPS unable to deliver. Really gets worse around Christmas. Jackasses need Christmas money. Easy money. Gift cards are being drained by thieves. They steal them at the store. Steam them to open. Wipe out the balance and glue the card back in it’s package and take it back to the store put it back in the rack for some unsuspecting customer to get scammed.

Jan

[Attilatheblond]

14. Got one of those emails. Figured it was a scam

Meant to mention it to one of the postal workers when I went to send a package to a friend. While in line, I heard an older gent ask about the email he got that a package to him was 'undeliverable' and how he needed to fix the situation.

One of our wonderful local postal workers was oh so patient with the gent and explained that it was an email scam to get credit card numbers and a lot of people in town got the same email. He asked the old guy if he had responded or sent his card number back. Then he advised the man to contact our local sheriff's dept to report the scam, as that department does collect information and send out scam alerts to county residents.

[BigmanPigman]

17. From my experiences there have been

various scams via the home phone number and seniors are the most targeted since they are the most vulnerable. My mother was one of them. My local Ralph's Supermarket even broadcast a warning about scams throughout the supermarket many times.