It makes sense. You want to pick something that more people are customers of. These are numbers of US based people. Just about everyone at these numbers interact with the USPS. I recently received a few Wells Fargo txt messages. They didn't fool me. This was thanks in part (a large part!) to the fact that I'm not a Wells Fargo customer.
USPS jumps to first place as most imitated brand in phishing attacks
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#22We also have somewhat similar fake web sites for our national post operator Ukrposhta in Ukraine. Scammers send you a text message saying that you may receive a shipment, but need to pay for it to be delivered to your address.
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#23Fuck the USPS for allowing advertisers to bulk send junk mail to everyone for a couple dollars. It’s a daily chore to take out the mailbox trash before it’s so full they start returning important letters back to sender for not being able to fit it in.
> It’s a daily chore to take out the mailbox trash
Return it to the sender.
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#25Is this because Americans are easier to dupe or that there are so many online Americans it pays off to target them the most? All the other brands are used in multiple countries whereas USPS is only for the US.
It's because US cell phone networks refuse to implement basic authentication, and because USA population has the most excess money to steal.
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#26The networks did such a good job for so long keeping spam out that people almost inherently trust sms, I've had to help multiple people with fallout from these types of texts.
Is this satire? Networks don't block spam.
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#27I have been getting phishing texts pretending to be USPS for a few months. I actually almost fell for one because I was expecting a package but the text said they couldnt deliver w/o info, and when I looked at the URL i realized it was fake (I assume just a coincidence, that is the scam, send enough, people that are really expecting packages bite?). Not surprised people are falling for these.
Most people are expecting packages most of the time.
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#28It makes sense. You want to pick something that more people are customers of. These are numbers of US based people. Just about everyone at these numbers interact with the USPS. I recently received a few Wells Fargo txt messages. They didn't fool me. This was thanks in part (a large part!) to the fact that I'm not a Wells Fargo customer.
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#29Fuck the USPS for allowing advertisers to bulk send junk mail to everyone for a couple dollars. It’s a daily chore to take out the mailbox trash before it’s so full they start returning important letters back to sender for not being able to fit it in.
maybe you should instead fuck your legislators so they can make that practice illegal (getting adverts per mail without consent). Where I live it's opt out, so not ideal either but at least I don't have to put up with the trash after adding a sticker to my post box.
Why not both? USPS is most prolific and polluting spam purveyor in the world.
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#30Fuck the USPS for allowing advertisers to bulk send junk mail to everyone for a couple dollars. It’s a daily chore to take out the mailbox trash before it’s so full they start returning important letters back to sender for not being able to fit it in.
> It’s a daily chore to take out the mailbox trash Return it to the sender.
That's incredibly expensive.
Bulk mail can't be returned for free.