• indomara@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    That is a scam, they probably send mass texts linked to tracking numbers that have a registered phone number.

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      3 months ago

      I remember one of the funnier scams.

      They said they were from USPS, and in order to finish shipping, they needed me to pay the tariff.

      It didn’t have anything about me. No login. No address. No tracking number. It just wanted me to hit that pay now button.

      But even then, why would I pay a tariff for something I didn’t order?

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        3 months ago

        They didn’t send it just to you. They sent it to millions. If even one person happened to order something internationally and be stupid, it’s already worth it.

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        3 months ago

        I get that once in a while here in Denmark too, only replace USPS with PostNord, sometimes DHL or GLS

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        3 months ago

        For a while (and still every so often), I received fake texts from delivery companies, but they always referred to me as “There”. “There, we tried to deliver your package…”, “There, your package may be returned if you don’t click this link…”. I was curious what I typed in and where that they recorded my name as “There”.

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      3 months ago

      Don’t even need an associated list, just a random list of phone numbers. People online shop enough.