Shipping frauds

[caryc]

Have any of you guys been getting scam emails from places like DHS, UPS, FeDeX, or other shipper that I can't recall now. They tell you there was a problem with your order and they'll need an extra amount to deliver it to you. Usually it's about $35.00. The thing is that I haven't ordered anything that is to be shipped to me.

Man, they're coming up with new scams every day now.

 

[XUSNORDIE]

This scam has been around for a long time. I still get a few. Lately I've been getting "urgent" texts from the USPS which are bogus. It's called "smishing" the same as email "phishing".

 

[neilin]

Have any of you guys been getting scam emails from places like DHS, UPS, FeDeX, or other shipper that I can't recall now. They tell you there was a problem with your order and they'll need an extra amount to deliver it to you. Usually it's about $35.00. The thing is that I haven't ordered anything that is to be shipped to me.

Man, they're coming up with new scams every day now.

Yes, I get them. It is SCAM.

 

[RoninPA]

I always look at the "persons/firms" email address and you'll spot a scam 99% of the time. Worse thing you can do it ro reply ro it, just delete it without opening it.

 

[Johnnu2]

I don't get any scam stuff.... maybe because I don't have a smart phone??
I hardly even get spam email.... My wife gets a ton of everything; perhaps because she does have a smart phone?
J.

 

[Fox Mike]

My CLOUD is overloaded it seems and I am going to lose all my photos, etc. This notice has been appearing at least once per week for untold amounts of time. Today one of the spams was the gadget that replaced my massage therapist (which I have NEVER had). Looks like a real honest link: [email protected] (I deleted part of the address)

 

[Johnnu2]

I thought everyone has a massage therapist no?

J.

 

[XUSNORDIE]

Self massage is cheaper.....just like imaginary lovers they never let you down (the song said so), and at my age that's all I got....

 

[contender]

All kinds of scams & such out there. Often,, they look legit,, but as noted,, STUDY the email it came from.
Then,, if you do happen to feel it's legit,, look up the phone number & call about whatever it is.

I just got one asking to "Continue my Quickbooks subscription" and it looked ok,, until I looked at the email address. SCAM!!!!!!!

 

[XUSNORDIE]

Folks need to be up to speed these days on scams. Most are not as new as some think. This thread is a perfect example. Emails or letters (phishing), texts (smishing), (voice phishing/robo call). There is a difference between SPAM and scam communications....common sense will defeat all but some folks become prey for various reasons. Think before you act.

 

[s4s4u]

It's really a common sense thing. If it doesn't sound right, it likely isn't.

 

[Jeepnik]

Can't say I have. The only shipper I have fraud problems with is the USPS. You pay for expedited shipping and they fail to deliver on time. Then they won't refund the additional shipping fees.

 

[XUSNORDIE]

That's not fraud.....if you think it is then consult an attorney and see what they say.....chances are you will not even get past the consultation visit....is that fraud?

My pizza was not within 30 min is that fraud?

 

[Jeepnik]

So failing to live up to a contract to provide goods or services that you advertise, knowing full well you can't reliably provide those goods or services, isn't deliberate fleecing of your customers?

 

[blume357]

I get the Fedex ones all the time and just never click on them.. latest one I get is that my payment method to renew my I-Cloud account has been rejected.... then again it seems I'm alway paying Norton virus thing a couple hundred dollars and if I look at the email address of the sender it is usually some gmail account....

 

[rcs9250]

It seems a day doesn’t go by that some scammer tries to clean out my bank account or credit card or iCloud memory or…
One time I got an URGENT email, allegedly from a friend who was trying to send my friends wife a gift card because she was in the hospital.
WTF good is a gift card while you lay in a hospital bed? I was in a good mood so after calling my friend to confirm his wife was fine I responded to the scammer to see how to help. They gave me an email address to send the cards. I told them I sent the required info to the email address but I listed the email address with one character that was wrong.
The scammer quickly responded saying I made a mistake. I kept doing a wrong character three more times. It finely devolved into insults.

 

[blume357]

the sad thing is having been raised a certain way and taught the basics of right and wrong I am dismayed that their are so many people that think it is okay to steal... but then I'm so crazy, I think we should all pay the same % in taxes determined by our income and not a higher or lower one depending on how much little or a lot you make. and my wife disagrees with me on this and I have to admit somedays I think she might be right.

 

[Richard76]

Sometimes I reply to them and ask if they have any gift cards I can have

 

[XUSNORDIE]

Sometimes I reply to them and ask if they have any gift cards I can have

Now they know they have reached a active email account or number and you will be subjected to more phishing/smishing...sometimes that is all the info they are seeking....a response and then they relay/sell that info to a network. It's best to delete/report or ignore.

 

[Jeepnik]

I've got to agree with the above. My wife gets spam calls daily. And she answers every one. Then complains about all the spam calls.

 

[RoninPA]

Anything after the last . (dot) is the state or country it is coming from. example - [email protected] is coming from Malaysia

You can google it and find out the state or country it originated from.

 

[Yaworski]

You can google it and find out the state or country it originated from.

Allegedly. I have a .ru email address. Maybe I should get a .ua one now.

 

[caryc]

I'm not stupid. I shouldn't have called them frauds. If you want to jump all over me for that, I don't give a crap. I have been getting phishing emails for many years. I have just never seen these ones saying I have a shipping charge due. As I said I'm not stupid enough to deal with them other than with the delete button. I just wondered if it was a new scheme since I've never gotten those particular ones. Now I get them like at least twice a week.

 

[s4s4u]

They are fraudulent, so I don't see a problem in calling them frauds.

 

[el caminero]

Have any of you guys been getting scam emails from places like DHS, UPS, FeDeX, or other shipper that I can't recall now. They tell you there was a problem with your order and they'll need an extra amount to deliver it to you. Usually it's about $35.00. The thing is that I haven't ordered anything that is to be shipped to me.

Man, they're coming up with new scams every day now.

Seems they could want you thinking damn those tarriffs, heres my card...

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

Have any of you guys been getting scam emails from places like DHS, UPS, FeDeX, or other shipper that I can't recall now. They tell you there was a problem with your order and they'll need an extra amount to deliver it to you. Usually it's about $35.00. The thing is that I haven't ordered anything that is to be shipped to me.

Man, they're coming up with new scams every day now.

Couple of times a week. Who falls for this stuff?

 

[caryc]

Couple of times a week. Who falls for this stuff?

I don't fall for them so who the hell are you talking about?

 

[Yaworski]

I don't fall for them so who the hell are you talking about?

Obviously, people other than you. It may surprise you to learn that you are not everyone.

Who falls for them? The same people who fall for the "Grandma, I need bail money" scams. Old folks. People who are waiting for a package and don't understand how FedEx works. Young people who think that they know everything but still don't have a clue.

Let's say that you send out 10,000 emails a day, easy and cheap to do. Suppose that 10 people bite. You've made $350 in one day. That's $127,000 a year. That's a decent wage here and in Pakistan, it would allow you to live like a king. Sure, there's overhead so you only clear $100k. Still pretty good.

 

[blume357]

I'm not stupid. I shouldn't have called them frauds. If you want to jump all over me for that, I don't give a crap. I have been getting phishing emails for many years. I have just never seen these ones saying I have a shipping charge due. As I said I'm not stupid enough to deal with them other than with the delete button. I just wondered if it was a new scheme since I've never gotten those particular ones. Now I get them like at least twice a week.

they keep changing their methods to get a response from just one in a thousand or so.
It's actually a bit entertaining when you get one of the old out dated "Nigerian" ones where some relative stole a couple million from their government and they need your help to get it out of the bank.

 

[peachhead]

They wouldn't do it if there was not a profit in it, so somebody is being taken in by it. Just like those people that email me, text me and send letters to me all the time wanting to buy my property for some miniscule amount of money. Somebody obviously is just saying okay the heck with it, or they wouldn't have the money to send them out.

I've got to agree with the above. My wife gets spam calls daily. And she answers every one. Then complains about all the spam calls.

I don't think it makes any difference whether you answer them or not. I get so many spam calls on my phone, I never answer them. I actually block them. But day after day, they keep coming. Same with email, my junk filter catches most of it, but it just keeps coming.