USPS Scam

[SF_BHT]

Originally Posted by doctom54

I had a charge to EBONYONLINE to my USAA credit card denied last week (thank goodness, they do a great job of fraud prevention). Since USAA denied the charge I figured that was the end of it.
Then the calls started; I had 4 calls in 30 minutes and the caller ID showed USAA. F$%king dot Indians on the line. I figured out pretty quickly it was a scam and shut them down.
Then yesterday got another one. Same scenario. I told him to come over and I'd cut off his head and $hit down his throat. He hung up and no more calls since then.

I’ve been getting the text and calls. They are getting pretty aggressive and do not like it when I start in on them. Funny thing is I only get this shit on my work phone. Guess DOJ gives out their phone list. My personal phone only gets 1 or 2 a year….

[GratefulCitizen]

Got one of those last week.
It was tailored to the peculiarities of this area.

It claimed that a USPS package was “at the warehouse”.
We don’t have mail delivery here, everybody has to use a P.O. Box at the post office.

To further the confusion, UPS can only deliver to physical addresses.
Then, there is the issue of Surepost packages which are both UPS and USPS.

The area is ripe for this type of scam.

Some years ago, I received a scam call where they said I had a package down at the UPS warehouse.
I am a UPS driver here, we have a small operation, and we don’t make these unsolicited calls.

I questioned the caller about the address of the warehouse, the tracking number, etc.
He kept trying to follow his script to get personal information.

Eventually, I told him I would go down to the warehouse, dig through the clerk pile, and deliver the package to myself.
After a few more efforts to stay on script, he gave up and ended the call.