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People can request text message tracking by sending their package's tracking number to 28777 (2USPS). The text reply will be the package's latest tracking update. The text reply will be the ...
The tracking number may come from the USPS, UPS, or another carrier; how scammers access the numbers is unclear, but that's a problem for the carriers to address.
Some merchants may provide a refund upon seeing the item delivered to the same ZIP code; however this is generally used by fake online stores when selling items. This scam exploits a flaw in the tracking system; online tracking will usually only show the ZIP code the package was delivered to, instead of the full address. [6]
The scam here is that the number is a premium-rate number owned by the scammers, so, by calling them, you incur a high charge rate, often the second the call goes through. How to stay safe:
A map of Utah with the 801 and 385 area code overlay highlighted in red The original 801 area code, as shown on a 1952 map. Area codes 801 and 385 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) serving Salt Lake City and the four surrounding counties of the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah. The numbering plan area ...
A map of Utah with the 801 and 385 area code overlay in red and area code 435 in white. The state of Utah is divided into two telephone numbering plan areas in the North American Numbering Plan, which are assigned a total of three area codes, two overlay codes for the Salt Lake City area, and one code for the rest of the state. 801: Area code ...
Phone number lookup service ReversePhone recently compiled the top five area codes and phone numbers used by scammers in 2024. The list is based on the number of complaints about scam calls from ...
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.