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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by bulwark to c/asklemmy
 

Url looks suss. Seems kinda sophisticated for the usual ups fishing scam. Here's the text message I got leading here.

"Wishing you a bright and sunny day!" Lol, I almost want to help this guy by explaining that UPS and American companies in general have disdain for their customers and would never wish them to have anything that would not benefit the company.

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

Google has one that is the most suspect url in existence, I don't remember what it was but I verified it three different ways to be sure.

UPS apparently subcontracts their hiring to fucking Indonesia so you'll get people working in a phone bank overseas asking for personal information.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That was it, what the fuck Goo.gl...

Edit: looks like it was part of a URL shortening system they deprecated for this exact reason, so at least they learned