323-320-6011

"Congratulations! You didn't read my email this morning? You are our winner! Claim your present from us"
No email this morning.
I don't enter contests.
Classic spammers looking for personal information.
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2014/02/ran ... ize-waiting-you

Received a text with a link to click. Said they couldn’t verify my address. I know nothing of this package and have not ordered anything from anywhere in five months.

Malicious Links

These type of texts are designed to get victims to click a link, then through the redirects you wind up installing Malware (malicious script) into your Browser. They can be simple Browser hijackers that create popups to keyloggers/trackers that record every keyboard press along with visited websites, then sends it to the scammers.
Most times, the "ending" website has nothing to do with the reasoning they sent the link. The "reason" they sent a text was to get you to click the link, which will redirect to multiple websites or try tricking you into installing some app. Some websites are designed to phish credit card or personal info on click bait sites they get paid for, while others just redirect to a News Article or a search engine.

Here is an example from a scam link's redirect path I captured:

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/04/don ... d-text-messages
https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-how-to ... t-messages.html

Never click on a link and especially NEVER install an app from a website if you did click on a link. A confirmed Malware/Spyware app is circulating, called FluBot and is installed when a victim receives a text message, asking them to install a tracking app due to a 'missed package delivery'. If you are expecting a package, then go to the official website of the delivery company and track it from their website.

Fake Delivery text scams:
https://www.uspsoig.gov/blog/when-usps-text-not-usps-text
https://link.usps.com/2021/01/12/text-message-mischief/
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/09/hea ... e-phishing-scam
https://www.fcc.gov/how-identify-and-avoid-package-delivery-scams

If you clicked a link:
https://www.wandera.com/youve-got-mobile-malware/
https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-malwar ... oid-phones.html
https://www.avast.com/c-how-to-remove-virus-from-iphone