Scammers are upping their game, trading fishy phone calls for believable text messages masquerading as shipping and delivery confirmation messages from companies like FedEx according to How-To Geek.
While fake text messages are nothing new in the realm of scamming, more people have reported receiving text messages written to look like package delivery confirmations. How-To Geek opened one such message to see what they could find, but warned others not to repeat the practice. They instead advise blocking the sender.
Following the link, How-To Geek reported being taken to a fake Amazon listing and being asked to take a customer satisfaction survey. For their efforts, the fake listing offered a reward for completing the survey; an “expensive” product for free.
The “free” reward still required a credit card (as well as an address) to pay for shipping. The process also involved signing up for a 14-day trial
Article source: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/scam-text-message-be-wary-of-this-delivery-notification/30613361
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