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The one that got me was USPS mail forwarding. I am very privy to these things but I must have just misread the URL. 1. Googled “mail forwarding” 2. Must have c
by r0m4n0 5y ago
The one that got me was USPS mail forwarding. I am very privy to these things but I must have just misread the URL.
1. Googled “mail forwarding”
2. Must have clicked one of the ads like: https://www.unitedaddressupdate.com https://www.unitedaddressupdate.com
3. Quickly used the autocomplete to fill out all the forms including my credit card information
The brilliant part of this scam is that mail forwarding for a year in the US costs $0.99 so the expectation is you have to pay the USPS so nothing seemed odd… the websites even look almost identical. The show was over when I received a notification from my Chase that they charged $70 instead.
Chase appears to have caught on before Google though because the charge didn’t go through
- notimetorelax 5y agoThey even have a disclaimer below stating that they provide more services than USPS but it’s so hard to tell if it’s flat out lie or not.
- 0xffff2 5y agoI was so confused the wehn I went to fill out a change of address form when moving recently. Not only do I have to pay USPS, but they sell my new address and I can't opt out? I don't get any mail that's important enough to put up with that nonsense. Surely it's in the USPS's best interest to encourage people to complete a change of address and yet they seem to do exactly the opposite. Hope whoever moved into my old apartment doesn't mind getting junk mail from whatever airline frequent flier programs I forgot to update.
- ModernMech 5y ago> Surely it's in the USPS's best interest to encourage people to complete a change of address and yet they seem to do exactly the opposite. For some reason, some people in our government believe that the USPS must be run as a business instead of as a service to citizens. This is one of the manifestations of that belief. Selling your personal information so you get flooded with advertisements is one of the most business-like moves I can think of.