Package delivery text scam
Fake package delivery text message? Check it before you tap.
Package scam texts usually sound simple: a delivery failed, your address is incomplete, a small fee is due, or a tracking link needs attention. The safer move is to leave the text alone and check the order, retailer, or carrier from a path you trust.
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Who this helps
For older adults and everyday phone users who received a USPS, UPS, FedEx, Amazon, customs, or unknown delivery text and want to know what to do before tapping the link.
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Do not use the link in the delivery text
If the package is real, you can still check it from the store, marketplace, or carrier website you already know. The link in the text is the risky part, especially when the message says you must pay or update your address immediately.
Be careful with tiny fees and address warnings
Scam delivery texts often ask for a small redelivery fee, customs fee, postage charge, or address correction. Do not enter a card number, password, verification code, Social Security number, or banking details from a text link.
Send Emily the wording or a screenshot
Members can send Emily the text or a screenshot after checkout. She can point out suspicious clues and help you check the package from the retailer, order confirmation, official carrier app, or tracking number you already had.
What Emily writes back
A useful answer you can reread.
Emily gives practical steps in plain English. If the question involves a suspicious link, password, payment, or account access, she starts with the safest next move.
Subject: Is this message safe?
From: Emily at Lumaneta
Hi Mary,
I would not click that link. The urgent wording is meant to make you move fast, and the sender address does not match the company it claims to be from.
- Leave the message alone for now.
- Open the account yourself from the official website.
- If there is no alert there, delete the message.
You are not in trouble. You did the right thing by pausing first.
Emily
Common questions
The details people check before subscribing.
Should I click the package tracking link?
Do not click the link in a suspicious delivery text. Open the retailer or carrier yourself from an app, saved bookmark, or address you type in, then check the order or tracking number there.
What if I really am expecting a package?
A real package can be checked without using the text link. Look at your order confirmation, the retailer account, or the official carrier tracking page. If there is no matching alert there, treat the text as suspicious.
What if I already tapped the link?
Stop using that page and do not enter more information. If you entered card details, banking information, a password, or a verification code, go directly to the official account or financial institution for help.
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