Marketing messages. Social media alerts. Coupons. Newsletters you never get around to reading. If you’re like most people, your inbox is full of a wide variety of emails at any given moment. Even amidst all of the pointless communications and SPAM, your eye will occasionally catch sight of a message from a friend, colleague, or someone you trust reaching out. But unfortunately, scammers are becoming more sophisticated with their efforts to steal your personal information or funds. And now, experts are warning that if you get one type of email, you should report it immediately—even if it’s addressed to you. Read on to see which message is a major red flag.
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For as much digital correspondence that gets sent these days, there’s still a good chance you receive your fair share of packages in the mail as well. The e-commerce explosion brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way many people shop and do business to this day. Unfortunately, despite being a huge convenience, the change has also allowed scammers to exploit some of the vulnerabilities in the system.
On May 31, Snopes reported that a text messaging scam was making the rounds in which fraudsters claimed to be from the USPS. In most cases, fraudsters send a notification to targets’ phones warning that there’s an unspecified problem…
