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Maybe its just the hunan brain bad at perception, but I feel like there's some system compromised and info is leaked so scammers know when you are expecting a p

by fma 3y ago

Maybe its just the hunan brain bad at perception, but I feel like there's some system compromised and info is leaked so scammers know when you are expecting a package because FedEx/USPS spam text increases.

MattGaiser 3y ago
But in a modern day and age, when aren’t you expecting a package? Nearly 100% of the time, I am expecting a notification from Canada Post or Amazon (FedEx less frequently, but still). Even outside of that, you can often predict when people are expecting a package. Christmas. After various sales weeks.
- latexr 3y ago
  > But in a modern day and age, when aren’t you expecting a package? When you’re not constantly buying things online. Most people in the world aren’t expecting packages “nearly 100% of the time”.
  - the_snooze 3y ago
    These scammers probably aren't targetting specific individuals. They blast these messages out to a bunch of randos, and odds are very high that at least some of those are expecting packages just by chance. The marginal cost of an added message is tiny compared to the reward of one successful scam.
  - resolutebat 3y ago
    In Australia, if you buy something off AliExpress and use the budget shipping option, it will take anywhere from one week to two months to arrive. Shop there a couple of items a year and you're always expecting something. What annoys me is that even the legit SMS notifications contain nothing identifiable about the package or sender, it's always "Your shipment #QWERTYUIOP is arriving by UnrelatedCourier between 1 AM and 11 PM today".
  - joseda-hg 3y ago
    If you buy stuff with long delivery estimates, you might very well be even with relatively low numbers, Electronics from China, Custom Comissions or things with waitlists Some of those can have over a month between purchase and reception, and might be shipped at arbitrary dates after purchase I'm not that big of an online shopper, but there's certainly people that are
  - Denvercoder9 3y ago
    Maybe not in the world, but in my country (the Netherlands) in 2022 (last available data) there were 473 million packages send to 8.3 million households, which works out to a bit more than one package per household per week.
  - Biganon 3y ago
    Yeah, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here Do these people need to buy shit constantly? I order maybe 5 packages a year, max
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  - thomastjeffery 3y ago
    The presence of "most people in the world" really doesn't contribute to this discussion.
- cesarb 3y ago
  > But in a modern day and age, when aren’t you expecting a package? Some people still prefer to buy most things directly in physical stores. For me, would be easier to list the few times when I am expecting a package. And even then, I'm expecting the package, not some random message about it; it usually arrives without any notification at all (and the tracking on the site is usually delayed).
- caddemon 3y ago
  I would be curious if FedEx specifically has some sort of leak though, it's super anecdotal but I seem to get more FedEx phishing attempts when I'm expecting a FedEx package. You're right though that there are other mechanisms for this, it was around the holidays when this happened most recently. Plus humans tend to remember salient things and I probably more easily forget the ones that come when I'm expecting nothing. Anyway, if their systems were better it would be easier to avoid scams without stress. I've never had to rely on external info for Amazon and it's true I'm often expecting something from them.
- distances 3y ago
  What are you buying constantly? Apart from food and hygiene items, I mostly shop online. I feel I do order too much already, but the parcels are one every 1-2 months. Any more than that and the apartment would start filling up, I imagine.

by fma 3y ago

MattGaiser 3y ago

But in a modern day and age, when aren’t you expecting a package? Nearly 100% of the time, I am expecting a notification from Canada Post or Amazon (FedEx less frequently, but still). Even outside of that, you can often predict when people are expecting a package. Christmas. After various sales weeks.

latexr 3y ago
> But in a modern day and age, when aren’t you expecting a package? When you’re not constantly buying things online. Most people in the world aren’t expecting packages “nearly 100% of the time”.
- the_snooze 3y ago
  These scammers probably aren't targetting specific individuals. They blast these messages out to a bunch of randos, and odds are very high that at least some of those are expecting packages just by chance. The marginal cost of an added message is tiny compared to the reward of one successful scam.
- resolutebat 3y ago
  In Australia, if you buy something off AliExpress and use the budget shipping option, it will take anywhere from one week to two months to arrive. Shop there a couple of items a year and you're always expecting something. What annoys me is that even the legit SMS notifications contain nothing identifiable about the package or sender, it's always "Your shipment #QWERTYUIOP is arriving by UnrelatedCourier between 1 AM and 11 PM today".
- joseda-hg 3y ago
  If you buy stuff with long delivery estimates, you might very well be even with relatively low numbers, Electronics from China, Custom Comissions or things with waitlists Some of those can have over a month between purchase and reception, and might be shipped at arbitrary dates after purchase I'm not that big of an online shopper, but there's certainly people that are
- Denvercoder9 3y ago
  Maybe not in the world, but in my country (the Netherlands) in 2022 (last available data) there were 473 million packages send to 8.3 million households, which works out to a bit more than one package per household per week.
- Biganon 3y ago
  Yeah, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here Do these people need to buy shit constantly? I order maybe 5 packages a year, max
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- thomastjeffery 3y ago
  The presence of "most people in the world" really doesn't contribute to this discussion.
cesarb 3y ago
> But in a modern day and age, when aren’t you expecting a package? Some people still prefer to buy most things directly in physical stores. For me, would be easier to list the few times when I am expecting a package. And even then, I'm expecting the package, not some random message about it; it usually arrives without any notification at all (and the tracking on the site is usually delayed).
caddemon 3y ago
I would be curious if FedEx specifically has some sort of leak though, it's super anecdotal but I seem to get more FedEx phishing attempts when I'm expecting a FedEx package. You're right though that there are other mechanisms for this, it was around the holidays when this happened most recently. Plus humans tend to remember salient things and I probably more easily forget the ones that come when I'm expecting nothing. Anyway, if their systems were better it would be easier to avoid scams without stress. I've never had to rely on external info for Amazon and it's true I'm often expecting something from them.
distances 3y ago
What are you buying constantly? Apart from food and hygiene items, I mostly shop online. I feel I do order too much already, but the parcels are one every 1-2 months. Any more than that and the apartment would start filling up, I imagine.