Url looks suss. Seems kinda sophisticated for the usual ups fishing scam. Here’s the text message I got leading here.

“Wishing you a bright and sunny day!” Lol, I almost want to help this guy by explaining that UPS and American companies in general have disdain for their customers and would never wish them to have anything that would not benefit the company.

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    20 days ago

    The text message is the big red flag, that’s obviously a scam and has been happening for at least a year. Most scam texts are filtered on my phone, but a few of these slip thru.

    I guess they’re just trying to tie phone numbers to addresses so they can sell the phone list for more info.

    Especially with people keeping their cell number while moving states, tying an address to the number and verifying it’s that person would be a tidy profit.

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        20 days ago

        Unfortunately I can think of one company in particular that uses tinyurl when you sign up for shipping updates on their website (looking at you Samsung!).

        At least with that one:

        • you know you signed up for it
        • they send a text right when you sign up for it
        • they use an official short SMS (5 digit) number.