FedEx is one of the most popular companies when it comes to sending and receiving packages. However, many people aren’t aware that they can be scammed.
While you will rarely receive suspicious-looking texts from FedEx during your active career, it’s a good idea to be aware of the types of scams that are being used over text message. In this article, we’ll share with you the basic steps you and your coworkers should take to recognize a FedEx scam text and what to do about it.
Does FedEx Send Texts In 2022?
The delivery updates that are sent to you via text are always written in a way that is difficult to understand but that doesn’t make them any less fraudulent. For example, the name of the account holder may be misspelled, or delivery instructions might be written in an overly exclamatory way.
To learn how to recognize fraudulent and suspicious FedEx text messages, check out our entire guide!
Does FedEx Text You When Deliveries Are Made?
When an urgent package from FedEx arrives, it will sometimes include a pre-printed form for the customer. Most of the time, this form is completely innocuous.
Also, it’s likely that your package has left the United States via its first stop, meaning that you can track your package from outside the US.
If you sign up for Amazon’s Text-To-Own service, you’ll get a text telling you about the packages you’ve ordered.
How Do I Get FedEx Text Notifications?
You can get real time information about your packages by texting FedEx with the information you’d normally enter on their website.
So, just like sending an SMS, you can also send a Telegram message to your contacts.
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How Can I Recognize a FedEx Scam?
Although, all of the con artists out there are scary to think about, knowing how to recognize a scam is your best defense.
If you’re looking for a few key things, it’s going to be a bit hard to beat a good email fraud, but if you look for these things (and some others that you can find out later on) chances are you can still find a good text message fraud out there.
I want to make sure you know that a package you receive while in transit is not in your control. You are no longer the owner of this package.
Do you receive unsolicited text messages from people claiming to be FedEx? Be careful, they might just be taking advantage of you.
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What Should I Do If I Suspect a FedEx Scam?
Why is this person contacting me?
Who is this person?
What has this person asked or done for me in the past?
What are they doing to get my contact info?
Where do they get this info?
If you feel comfortable enough after answering those questions, you can contact the person or let them know you are trying to determine if the email is legitimate.
If you answer “no” to all of these questions, you are probably safe. However, if you still feel unsure, you should not reply or cooperate with the sender.
**Step 3:** When you are comfortable that you are dealing with a legitimate entity, you can contact the company to request a quote.
If you are still not sure if you have encountered a scam or not, you can check the tracking number using the official FedEx tracking website.
This number is a U.S. phone number. If you’re trying to call someone from a foreign country, please use Google to translate the number to the foreign language. We are unable to do translations.
You’ll likely see a message like “Tracking number doesn’t exist.” This is a scam message, and it’s there to confirm that the message is legit.
If you receive an email or text from FedEx that you think to be fraudulent, please let us know at abuse@fedex.com. This helps the company keep track of fraudulent texts and alert customers of any new scams.
If you’ve fallen victim to a scam and your interaction resulted in financial loss, contact your bank immediately and report the loss.
If you suspect that your personal information has been stolen from the company, you may contact the company directly.
They may be unable to get you your money back, but your testimony could help these organizations track down scam artists and prevent other people from becoming victims.
For more information, you can also read our posts on whether or not FedEx uses a tracking number or a barcode, and also other questions.
Conclusion
While it’s important to keep in mind that FedEx will send you a text notice about an upcoming delivery, it helps to check your notifications to make sure they’re legit.
If you have not signed up for a text message, you should be aware that you could receive a message that appears to come from FedEx, but is actually fraudulent. If you receive one of these messages, don’t click on any links, and report the incident to FedEx as soon as possible.
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