Don’t tap the link.
Open the company’s app, or type its website yourself, and check your account there.
Signs it’s a scam
- You weren’t expecting it, or didn’t sign up for texts.
- A small fee to deliver a package or pay a toll.
- “Your account will be closed” or “returned in 24 hours.”
- A link that isn’t the company’s real website.
- A request for a code, password or card number.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says USPS tracking texts only come if you asked for them, and they don’t contain links.
Report it, then delete it
- Forward the text to 7726 (SPAM).
- Fake USPS texts: email spam@uspis.gov.
- Other scams: ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
If you tapped it
- Entered card details? Call your bank now.
- Entered a password? Change it, starting with email.
- Shared your Social Security number? Go to IdentityTheft.gov.
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