They didn’t send it just to you. They sent it to millions. If even one person happened to order something internationally and be stupid, it’s already worth it.
For a while (and still every so often), I received fake texts from delivery companies, but they always referred to me as “There”. “There, we tried to deliver your package…”, “There, your package may be returned if you don’t click this link…”. I was curious what I typed in and where that they recorded my name as “There”.
Banking network engineer here: Never give out your login details. Not to your mom. Not to your brother. Not to me. Not to a company. Not to a random guy in India. Don’t do it.
Partners are the stupidest fuckers on the planet. I won’t name names, but I have sicced my governance team on fucking http (NO S) websites, usage of certificate pinning, public-facing databases! (Protected by a shitty 2000’s-era username+password login interface) transferring credit card numbers in CLEAR TEXT. I swear I’ve seen every possible idiotic move from partners.
That is a scam, they probably send mass texts linked to tracking numbers that have a registered phone number.
I remember one of the funnier scams.
They said they were from USPS, and in order to finish shipping, they needed me to pay the tariff.
It didn’t have anything about me. No login. No address. No tracking number. It just wanted me to hit that pay now button.
But even then, why would I pay a tariff for something I didn’t order?
They didn’t send it just to you. They sent it to millions. If even one person happened to order something internationally and be stupid, it’s already worth it.
Aww but I thought I was special.
For a while (and still every so often), I received fake texts from delivery companies, but they always referred to me as “There”. “There, we tried to deliver your package…”, “There, your package may be returned if you don’t click this link…”. I was curious what I typed in and where that they recorded my name as “There”.
I get that once in a while here in Denmark too, only replace USPS with PostNord, sometimes DHL or GLS
Don’t even need an associated list, just a random list of phone numbers. People online shop enough.
It probably isn’t as the banking industry is crazy
Banking network engineer here: Never give out your login details. Not to your mom. Not to your brother. Not to me. Not to a company. Not to a random guy in India. Don’t do it.
Mmmmmmm baking engineer…
lol whoops. I do like the idea of that tho.
Agreed. However, there are services that login on your behalf. It is incredibly dumb but they exist.
Just to be entirely clear, DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR LOGIN
Partners are the stupidest fuckers on the planet. I won’t name names, but I have sicced my governance team on fucking http (NO S) websites, usage of certificate pinning, public-facing databases! (Protected by a shitty 2000’s-era username+password login interface) transferring credit card numbers in CLEAR TEXT. I swear I’ve seen every possible idiotic move from partners.