USPS "package on hold" text (smishing)
A text message saying a parcel could not be delivered because of an incomplete address, with a link to "confirm" details or pay a small redelivery fee. The link opens a copy of the USPS tracking page that collects address and card details. USPS does not send unrequested tracking texts with links.
- Impersonates
- USPS
- Arrives by
- SMS
- First seen
- not dated
- Specimens
- 0
- Updated
- 2026-09-02
Right now what this family looks like
How to recognise it
- A text you did not ask for, with a link
- No tracking number you can look up on usps.com
- A tiny fee — the goal is your card, not the fee
What to do
- Do not tap the link, do not reply, delete it
- Expecting a parcel? Type usps.com yourself and use your real tracking number
- Forward the text to 7726 (SPAM) and report it to USPIS
Already called, clicked or paid? what to do in the next hour
- Entered a password? Change it now, and everywhere else you used the same one
- Entered card details? Call your bank, ask them to block the card and reissue
- Entered a one-time code? Sign in to the real service now and check for changes to email, phone and payment settings
How it changed
nothing to compare yet · no specimen on recordGot a version? A new subject line, sender, number or domain becomes the next point on this line. Redacted before publication. Send it →
02 Sept2026
Registry
Family created
Opened at launch from the pattern USPIS documents; no dated specimen on record yet — send yours.
Same trick, other brands
- FedEx / DHL "customs fee" and "shipment on hold" messagesactive · 2026-09
- DigitsPro "shipping costs have not been paid" emailsarchived · 2026-09
Indicators
- None on record yet. Indicators change weekly; an empty list never means an email is safe.
In other streams
- Nothing yet.
Registry data
- Machine-readable
/scams/usps-redelivery-fee-text.json- Timeline feed
/scams/usps-redelivery-fee-text/feed.xml- Sources
- 1 · 1 change logged
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 · attribution required
- Created / updated
- 2026-09-02 / 2026-09-02