USPS will never send messages on WhatsApp. The company will only contact you via text if you request the service first. Their messages will never contain a link.
The scam message claims that you have a package waiting at the warehouse and additional information is needed to deliver it.
It asks you to click on a link and confirm your address before concluding: “The USPS team wishes you a wonderful day.”
Hackers are posing as the postal service and using fake messages to take victims to a bogus phishing site which will steal your details.
Criminals want to retrieve personal information such as account passwords, date of birth and credit card numbers for fraudulent purposes.
USPS is aware of these scam messages and has urged people not to click on any strange web links.
“If you never signed up for a USPS tracking request for a specific package, then don’t click the link! This type of text message is a scam called smishing,” their website says.
Smishing is a combination of the words “SMS” and “phishing” and is when cybercriminals send deceptive text messages to lure victims into sharing personal information.
USPS says it will not send customers any text messages or e-mails without a customer requesting the service first with a tracking number.
Any suspicious messages should be reported to WhatsApp:
You need to report the scam directly to USPS too:
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