Phishers Spoof USPS, 12 Other Natl’ Postal Services

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:39:43 +0000

Recent weeks have seen a sizable uptick in the number of phishing scams targeting U.S. Postal Service (USPS) customers. Here’s a look at an extensive SMS phishing operation that tries to steal personal and financial data by spoofing the USPS, as well as postal services in at least a dozen other countries worldwide.

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Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 22:08:35 +0000

A sprawling online company based in Georgia that has made tens of millions of dollars purporting to sell access to jobs at the United States Postal Service (USPS) has exposed its internal IT operations and database of nearly 900,000 customers. The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016.

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USPS “Your package could not be delivered” text is a smishing scam

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:37:35 +0000

We look at an SMS which claims you have a USPS redelivery needing to be rescheduled, and explain why it’s not what it seems.

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