I've been getting a lot of those "your parcel couldn't be delivered" phishing attacks lately and if you're a human with a phone, you probably have been too. Just as a brief reminder, they look like this: These get through all the technical controls that exist at

From 2024, but funny to read…

What makes this situation so ridiculous is that while we’re all watching for scammers attempting to imitate legitimate organisations, FedEx is out there imitating scammers!

  • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
    16·
    23 hours ago

    The solution is: if it looks scammy, get on a different device altogether and use your normal login to the institution to access the issue through the normal channels instead of their “convenient link” through the sketchy service which may well be skimming your data even if they are under contract to your bank.

    Unfortunately, a lot of the institutions’ own interfaces suck so badly it’s sorely tempting to use the quick link.

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      22 hours ago

      But as this article points out - that’s not always helpful when the company makes it difficult to contact them - or in this case, the Duty and Taxes [sic] aren’t a part of the FedEx process but a part of the government, so to FedEx it’s a third-party issue and so when they pulled up the shipment, no mention was made of it (that’s my theory why that happened).

      Your advice is good - I’m just saying it won’t always work. heh. But it is the thing you must do unless you recognize the message source/content and even then, better to just log in separately. heh