Is this spam?

[XanaDUer2]

I was just data breached. I get this text from the PO reading a package could not be delivered due to incomplete address. Theres a long url beginning with cutt.ly I did NOT click it.

The text ends with something like wishing you a happy day full of sunny skies! Wtf? I couldn't find the number on Google.

[MichMan]

1. Yes

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I think you already know. NT

[XanaDUer2]

6. I'm paranoid now nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. That's not necessarily a bad thing. NT

[TurboDem]

3. Yes.

I get that one all the time, but my phone detects it as spam and lets me know.

[TommieMommy]

4. Yes I've gotten spam stuff saying my order is ready need info and I didn't order anything

Be very careful please

[hlthe2b]

5. It is a phishing attempt. Always, always, always LOOK at the actual sender address, no matter how official it looks

There will be garbled usernames or evidence of a gmail or other email account for these fake ones. Large businesses NEVER use gmail or yahoo or other email accounts. If at all possible go directly (not from links in the email) to the actual business site and contact them directly. Nearly all businesses now have a security group to whom you can forward phishing emails and the address to forward them should appear in their FAQ or other area on the website.

[XanaDUer2]

7. Thanks

I found out I'm not getting my id alerts I'm paying for had i not had a 2nd company i wouldn't even have known about the big breach.

They told me theyre overwhelmed sounds like bs to me

[cyclonefence]

8. Do you mean spam or scam?

because I think it's both. I fell for one of these a couple of years ago, only from FedEx saying they needed some minor amount of missing postage to deliver my package. At the time, I was ordering a lot of stuff from Amazon (new grandchild!) and gave them my credit card number. Almost immediately, I thought--wait a minute--Amazon doesn't use FedEx--so I called my credit card company, and sure enough there had been several charges made *in the few minutes it took me to talk to someone at the credit card company* for several hundred dollars.

I didn't have to pay for those charges, obviously, but I did have to get a new credit card, and then go to the places (like DU) where I have automatic payments drawn against that card. It was a real pain in the ass.

[Marthe48]

10. I get notices like that to email

Addresses I don't use for delivery. I delete those. I also delete/report text messages about deliveries, mainly because I don't have anything on the way.
I hate to be mean, but I delete texts that seem to be to a wrong number. Irma is on her own as she seeks Brenda.

[XanaDUer2]

12. Last month I get this weird text

Supposedly California some woman saying hi and if I remember her. I have no clue and said you have the wrong number. Instead of just stopping now, this person starts texting me that I'm a gentleman (huh?) and polite yadda ya I blocked it. My text # is also on the dark web

[JoseBalow]

18. Is that why you never write back?

[Marthe48]

19. Lol

Thanks! I needed a laugh

[XanaDUer2]

21. Lol

[Croney]

11. Definitely a phishing scam. They say they need your information, but

they obviously have enough of it to contact you. I get these frequently and just delete and block.

[multigraincracker]

13. I got that email from the PO.

I didn’t think the PO would have email. And they need info, I didn’t think so. Delete and report.
Then I get a call from my medical provider with questions about my info. I said hang on while I get my paperwork. Call my provider and asked if they were calling me. They had even spoofed my caller id on the call. Provider said no they were not calling me.
Always a good idea to tell them you’ll call them back with info. Then do that. I’m

[flying_wahini]

14. I get those from Amazon, Lowes, and PayPal. They have all been breached and get those occasionally.

Just never click.
I also think that I get asked for contributions to several Dem groups that I suspect are fake.
Never give directly to them, esp on my phone.

[debm55]

15. spam---I get that one too. along with a free gift

[claudette]

16. Yes

Report it and Delete. Happened to me. I did block the number

[Lulu KC]

17. Everyone I know gets those all the time

I delete and it automatically says, "Report spam and block?" on my phone.

The other one that's happened more recently and is constant are phone calls from robots saying they hear I have a tax problem and they can help me.

I registered my phone # on the national do not call list, but still they come. So far, I'm not as dumb as they hope I am.

[Emile]

20. Yes it's spam. Report it, but don't click on it