USPS Email Scams

I was listening to one of my favorite Internet radio stations the other day and the topic of USPS (United States Postal Service) email scams arose from a news feed. Found this to be a quite interesting story since I exclusively use the USPS for all my shipping needs.

Here's whats up...apparently scammers are sending out email claiming to be spokespersons for the USPS. Now most of you know, phishing emails have been out for many many years and try to be cautious and observant about figuring out which ones are real and which ones are phony.

There have been several reports to the attorney generals office recently this year, claiming these type of emails are fake. Not only are they phony and look like the real deal, but if you click on any of the links inside the email, it will cause serious harm to your computers hard-drive using malware viruses trying to steal your personal information.

The USPS claims that they do not send out emails, period. They advise you to forward any suspicious USPS emails to abuse@usps.gov or simply call 1-800-ASK-USPS to report the fictitious email.

So be careful folks, the scammers are still at it trying to mess things up for the next person.