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In sum, we recommend caution when receiving a text message that claims to be from the U.S. Postal Service (or USPS) and ask for payment or personal financial information, as it might be a scam ...
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Did you receive a missed call of an unknown number from Philippines (with the country code +63) and want to look it up? Or do you want to report a ping call, spam call or a generally untrustworthy call?
If you're just being called or texted from an unknown telephone number with a +63 country code, you can ignore it for the time being. It may turn out that someone is contacting you legitimately and that you lack the context to categorize the message or call.
Yes, it's a scam. The +63 country code belongs to The Philippines, and fopackage.com is not the US Postal Service's website. So it's clearly not from the actual USPS, nor is it sending you to the USPS's website.
While the scam texts and websites may look official at first glance, upon closer inspection there are subtle indicators they are phishing ploys: 1. Generic Addressed to “Sir/Ma’am” – Legitimate Customs or shipping messages address you by name, whereas scam messages remain generic with “Dear sir or madam.” 2.
Text Message Scams - Smishing. Did you get a text message about an issue that appears to be from your bank or government agency like the US Postal Service? Did it contain a link? Don't click on it! It's probably a smishing scam.
The real giveaway in all 3 messages I have received is that they come from +44 (UK) country codes. It really seems unlikely that the USPS would be sending messages from UK phone number.
Red flag #3: The number has a +63. For starters, +63 is the country code for the Philippines, so that should be an immediate red flag. That said, +65 (Singapore's country codes) aren't much better either; they should not be trusted, especially if it's from an unknown number.
The USPS will only send text messages if someone signs up for informed delivery text alerts. Unsolicited messages about undeliverable packages are scams.