Parcel delivery phishing campaigns appear around the world under different courier names. In the United States, the messages commonly impersonate USPS and claim that a package has an invalid address or could not be delivered. Similar messages impersonate Colissimo and Chronopost in France, Correos in Spain, Poste Italiane in Italy, and PostNL in the Netherlands.
The details vary, but the aim is usually the same: to persuade you to visit a fake courier website and provide personal and financial information.
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Source: MalwareBytes Labs
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