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Believable NZ Post scam doing the rounds (lemdit.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Today I received this text message:

Opening the URL from a desktop computer redirects to the real NZ Post website.
Opening the URL from mobile shows a convincing spoofed NZ Post tracking page:

The objective of the scam is to get you to click on "Schedule a Redelivery" and give them your personal details:

They will use this information to contact you and attempt to scam money from you, as well as try any future scams they may come up with.

The combination of URL + believable phishing page makes this scam particularly easy to fall for. If you're from NZ, then it's a good idea to warn your friends and family about it.

I will report the domain but it usually takes a very long time for anything to be done in these cases.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean the .xyz is a red flag and added with the fact that you should never open links sent to you, makes this pretty unbelievable imo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

To you and I, yes, but to the elderly and gullible this will look fairly convincing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This was exactly my first thought.

Though I would also wonder how a post office got my phone number without my name or a full street address.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get these in the US as well. It's so poorly constructed that I have a hard time believing that people fall for it, but someone must be getting hooked or they wouldn't bother.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's a numbers game, out of 100 maybe they get one that bites. It's sadly the elderly that usually fall for these things, they're not as savvy at spotting the obvious signs.

I love watching kitboga's scambaiting videos, some of those are really ridiculous scams and there are still plenty of victims that fall for them.