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 This post involves a USPS E-mail Package Scam.  There are many red flags in this email. This is the only post involving an email scam from the United States Post Office. I'm actually surprised with that.  I knew right away that this was a USPS E-mail Package Scam.  As you'll see in the pictures below the red flags that most people would notice right away. First, I do want to give whoever sent the email credit. They did use the USPS informed delivery title as method of delivery.  This is what most people sign up for to see what they will receive in the mail on any given day.  They also, from my research used a legit company name. To my understanding they do surveys.  Maybe Alchemer got compromised? However, you'll notice a few things that are suspect. Key red flags: 1. Although it does say USPS Informed Delivery as the email name, it also has the noreply email name with  Alchemer .  Not sure what that is? But it definitely isn't from t...

Updated March 2023 Additional Photos Below  This blog post is about an Amazon E-mail Scam regarding Locked Account. **This post has pictures of both Invalid   and Valid E-mails from Amazon.** In-valid photos are at the top. Valid photos are at the bottom. In this post I will point out the red flags about this email proving that this is a scam and not from Amazon. The e-mail subject header starts out stating " About: We've locked your access as a security precaution. " One would be concerned about this because we use Amazon daily and have our credit cards and other personal and financial information stored on the website. The email does look professional. There is a proper body, footer, Amazon logo and format. There is even a provided link for you to click to resolve the issue towards the bottom. The email also addresses you professionally with a greeting followed by your personal email.  Hello, [your e-mail]... However, I wouldn't be so quick to click on any li...

 This post involves a PayPal e-mail scam involving receiving an invoice for payment. (Images below) * Updated   (Nov. 29th, 2022) with additional photo. Same invoice amount ($399.99) but different name. * 2nd Update (Dec. 1st, 2022) with additional photos. Different invoice amount ($599.99) different name (again).  See latest photos at the bottom. I've highlighted Suspect information in yellow in some pictures. You'll notice at the top, that the email does say in has been verified by Yahoo's e-mail service. It provides an invoice number and the sender has a common name.  The format and PayPal logo images in the e-mail are designed very well. It gives you payment options.  It gives you a link to make those payment options. However some red flags that you'll find and to be aware of in the e-mail are: 1. Yahoo has shown a verified sender, however, it does caution us to mark it as spam. 2. The e-mail recipients domain seems ...

 This post is about a Fed-ex email and text message scam that wants you to respond to a package delivery notification. See pictures below.  ** Updated ** (01/21/2023) Updated post with a scam text message and additional pictures with a false link provided.  Text message red flags: First and foremost, if your not expecting a package from Fed-ex then you should completely disregard the text and block the phone number. The text message has a legit phone number and is not a VOIP which usually are scams. A legit phone number could easily fool anyone.  However, the link is highly suspect and not a legit Fed-ex text message.  The primary reason is because the link does not show any reference to Fed-ex and how it handles tracking their packages.  1. There are no references to fedex.com with the link provided. 2. The link provided is a random string of numbers and letters. Capitalized and lowercase.  3. There are no sign-up options for tracking the package. The...

 This blog post involves a DHL e-mail scam that wants the user to confirm a suspended package delivery. Some red flags and photos are listed below. Red Flags: 1. The e-mail domain has a random string of numbers and letters that doesn't have any reference to the  DHL company. 2. There are no DHL company logos. 3. The images in the e-mail are automatically blocked. 4. The link is suspect and wants you to confirm your package delivery that is "suspended".  DHL E-mail Scam

 The Wells Fargo Texting Scam (Account de-activated). Received a Wells Fargo Text about Well Fargo Bank account being locked and unable to access.  It's bizarre why I would receive a text from Wells Fargo  about a bank account being locked and unable to access. Especially if you didn't receive any packages and more importantly if you don't bank with Wells Fargo. See Picture Below: Wells Fargo   Texting Scam 2022

 E-mail scam with European "SQL" address This post post involves an email scam in the guise of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank. The e-mail is suspicious yet obvious to the average banking customer.  The sender uses a modified web domain address similar to the bank, Chase .co ., instead of using the domain .com . For the regular online banking customer this should be obvious it is a false e-mail address, however to the individual who is unaware how to recognize fraudulent e-mail's and the addresses that are used chances are higher that they would click open the e-mail and have malicious software or virus downloaded on to their PC.  Below are the images captured from the fraudulent e-mail scam. E-mail with European SQL address E-mail showing a . co domain instead of . com address