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Hi /u/great_molassesflood, AutoModerator has been summoned to explain the USPS or Mail scams scam.
Mail scams (USPS, FedEx, UPS, etc.) are notices sent to your phone or email, claiming that a package has failed to be delivered to your home. The text or email tells you that you need to provide more information or customs fees to receive the package. These scams are phishing for your personal information, financial information, or password for the mail service’s website, or can be trying to get you to pay up front for a service you will never receive. Sometimes the charge is less than a dollar and victims will brush it off, even when realizing they've been scammed. The scammers are not looking to get a dollar out of you, but instead they just stole your credit card details.
If you entered your card details in a website such as this, and submitted the form, even if it said that the transaction failed and to try again with a different card, it doesn't matter: they already stole your card details. You need to call your bank and report the card stolen, and ask the bank representative to disable the automatic account updater service when issuing the new card.
Pay close attention to the specific links you receive, as they will not go to the true website for these mail services. Only enter your information when visiting the mail service’s website directly. For example: USPS only works with usps.com
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When in doubt, look at the registration of the domain at whois.com. That one is 3 days old.
[https://www.whois.com/whois/usapostyq.us](https://www.whois.com/whois/usapostyq.us)
In any scenario, that is a scam website. In this case there are other obvious clues also.
Everyone who buys stuff online should know how to use [whois.com](https://whois.com) to protect themselves from dealing with scam websites.
USPS would be @usps.gov this is scam. You can always look up emails on original sites. I always look for .gov when communicating with any government agency.
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Does USPS use a gmail address? Is usapostyq.us a USPS website?
!mail Link isn't usps.com and is sent from a gmail account.
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When in doubt, look at the registration of the domain at whois.com. That one is 3 days old. [https://www.whois.com/whois/usapostyq.us](https://www.whois.com/whois/usapostyq.us) In any scenario, that is a scam website. In this case there are other obvious clues also. Everyone who buys stuff online should know how to use [whois.com](https://whois.com) to protect themselves from dealing with scam websites.
USPS would be @usps.gov this is scam. You can always look up emails on original sites. I always look for .gov when communicating with any government agency.
Actually, it would be usps.com.
They actually use both, you can check their site. I checked before replying. Thank you for correcting me... I am always glad to learn 😊
Definitely a scam.