No, Jim, we live in the same world, we just make different choices. Neither is better than the other, just our choice. I make the occasional online purchase, but then I don¡¯t have as much disposable income as you.?
As someone else pointed out, you read the domain, inaccurately. That is why the scammer constructed it that way.Since I make fewer online purchases, it is easier to recognize, I am not expecting a package, and that triggers the suspicion.?
Also, I believe, that unless you filed a complaint with the USPS, they won¡¯t email you, and they sure won¡¯t text you. Just like the IRS will not call you, or the Sheriff¡¯s office won¡¯t call you to collect a fine.
Brent ?
On my Mac mini running 10.15.7?
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On Nov 14, 2024, at 9:49?PM, Brent via <
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I get these false delivery alerts all the time, but I place almost no orders that get delivered.?
I guess we live in different worlds. Almost every day there are packages at my door, delivered by FedEx or UPS, and, occasionally, by DHL. But you¡¯re right, there were SO many red flags in that SMS.
I¡¯m still at least 500 miles from the nearest Apple Retail Store. I bought my spouse her first ¡°Apple Silicon¡± laptop early this week, late in the afternoon. Relatively early the very next day we were unpacking it. Even were I still living with a half dozen Apple Retail stores within 25 miles, doorstep delivery makes sense for so many people.
What I learned from this thread that I didn¡¯t know before is that the source of an incoming or outgoing message is NOT defined by it having a recognized and legitimate domain name buried within it (in this instance, <>, so long as that was ¡°overruled¡± by what followed a trailing ¡°dash¡± character.
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Jim Robertson
Brent