CHICOPEE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – We are just a couple days away from Black Friday, when sales will be taking place at all your favorite stores, but if you’re avoiding the crowds and choosing to shop online, you’ll want to be aware. Some scammers are taking advantage of the holiday season.
Charlene Duclos received a text message on Monday from what she thought was the United States Postal Service. The text read “Package could not be delivered due to missing street address on package label” and directed her to click on a link to complete the address information. It even had a tracking number linked.
“…And I thought to myself, ‘Wow, I’m expecting a package, so this has to be it,’” Duclos said.
She clicked on the link and entered all her personal information including her home address, email, and phone number, but when she hit continue, the site asked her for a payment.
“After that, I said, ‘No, I’m not going to do that,’” Duclos added.
Duclos called the post office and they told her the tracking number was invalid and not one they would use. She then went to police and filed a police report and posted the scam on social media to warn others.
“I just don’t want others to get scammed, so don’t be gullible like I was,” Duclos explained.
She also learned she wasn’t alone. Hundreds of people commented on her post that they received the same text. Western Mass News even had two team members receive the text. Chicopee Police Officer Travis Odiorne told us…
