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US Postal Service Scam

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This one’s been around before. But, it, just like yesterday’s American Express Scam email, was in my email inbox this morning. This one is a notification that my package that was being sent via US Postal Service could not be delivered. The email includes a zip file that supposedly contains a label that I can print and take to the nearest post office to retrieve my package. What’s wrong in this picture? Three things:

  1. The package, according the the email, is in Chicago.
  2. I didn’t order anything that was being sent via Express Mail
  3. The Postal Service does not charge for “holding” or “storing” packages, as this email indicates.

 

So do not click on that email attachment. If you do, you’ll be sorry. Here’s the text of the email, just in case you want to compare to one you might have received.
Notification,

Our company’s courier couldn’t deliver your parcel.
Status deny\Wrong postal code.

LOCATION OF YOUR ITEM:Chicago
STATUS: not delivered
SERVICE: Express Mail
NUMBER OF YOUR PARCEL:U797368459NU
INSURANCE: Yes

Label is enclosed to the letter.
You should print the label and show it in the nearest post office to get a parcel.

An additional information
If the parcel isn’t received within 30 working days our company will have the right to claim compensation from you for it’s keeping in the amount of $5.42 for each day of keeping of it.

You can find the information about the procedure and conditions of parcels keeping in the nearest office.

Thank you.
USPS Logistics.

About Terry

I started out as a skip tracer. Just in case you don’t know, that’s the guy who finds the people who don’t want to be found. It was the little things—getting paid to lie—that made skip tracing the fun part of the job.

Those years of chasing deadbeats taught me many valuable life lessons, such as liars come from all walks of life, and always keep your car in the garage.

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