“There are some phishing and smishing texts and emails that are finding their way around.
“I cannot speak to why the company this gentleman is working with, which is independent of the postal service, may have given him a wrong tracking number,” Wagoner says.
It’s hard to say how this particular company was able to provide a tracking number without knowing its affiliation with the postal service. Contractual partners with the postal service, like Office Max and Staples, are able to generate packing and shipping labels for customers. Postal Service in the Pacific Northwest, says tracking numbers are generated automatically at the time of purchase. Package shipping label | Courtesy Reed HoskinsonĪfter all that, Hoskinson would still like to know how tracking numbers are assigned to packages and how the alleged scammer was able to trace his purchase to a legitimate tracking number.įloyd Wagoner, a spokesman for the U.S. He’s determined to think twice if he comes across a similar website in the future. Last week, after more than a month of correspondence, he finally got his money back. Hoskinson revealed this information to Paypal and requested a refund. They also will not respond to any email requests or contact.” “The seller on this site is a scammer and fraudster and does not ship their products to the correct locations. “This website … used to be up until 3/16/21 when it was deleted,” according to Google’s analysis of the website. like this one of his hobbies” and decided to look into it further.ĭuring another search for the website, he discovered Google had flagged it as fraudulent. With no response from the seller or Paypal and no idea how the seller was able to provide a legitimate tracking number, it seemed Hoskinson had no other option than to throw his hands in the air and move on.īeing a retired person, Hoskinson had the time “to make B.S.
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