As one of the largest shipping and logistics companies in the world, millions of people each day count on FedEx to send and receive essential packages and parcels. Their delivery trucks have become even more prominent in the era of online shopping and the e-commerce boom brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. But now, officials are warning that reports of strange or unexpected messages claiming to be from FedEx are on the rise. Read on to see why you should delete these suspicious texts as soon as you receive them.
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If you own a phone of any kind, you’re probably all too familiar with the onslaught of unwanted calls and text messages that seem to come out of nowhere. For years, they’ve typically involved someone trying to warn you about unpaid taxes or an expired vehicle warranty. But a recent trend has seen text messages known as “smishing” scams—a combination of the shorthand SMS used to describe text messages and the word “phishing” that describes fraud attempts—have begun flooding people’s inboxes.
According to data from anti-spam tool company Teltech, the number of scam messages sent in the U.S. increased 30 percent from February to March of this year to more than 11.6 billion, The New York Times reports. The figure outpaced scam phone calls during the same period by 20 percent.
One version of “smishing” scams that…
