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Fraudsters are using physical mail to target both website owners and households with scams designed to trigger payments or harvest personal information. One campaign sends official-looking "Domain Name Services" letters to domain registrants, using public WHOIS data and urgent renewal language to pressure recipients into transferring domains to another registrar at prices reportedly more than ten times normal renewal fees. The notices may conceal disclaimers such as "not a bill" or "non-invoice" in fine print, and victims are urged to verify renewal status directly with their legitimate registrar and avoid paying unsolicited mailers.
A separate mail-based scheme involves unsolicited USPS packages, including reports of empty parcels allegedly sent by "Davve Garzaz" from Valley Stream, New York, with cardboard inserted to simulate contents and a QR code enclosed. The scam matches a broader brushing pattern in which criminals send unordered items so they can post fake reviews under a recipient’s identity, while QR codes may redirect victims to phishing pages or fraudulent surveys that collect sensitive data. USPS has reportedly received similar complaints nationwide, and recipients are advised not to pay for unsolicited goods, avoid scanning included QR codes, monitor accounts, change passwords if exposed, and report suspicious shipments or fraudulent marketplace activity.
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Online Threat Alerts reported an apparent brushing scam involving an unsolicited USPS package allegedly sent by 'Davve Garzaz' from Valley Stream, New York, containing only cardboard and a QR code. The report noted USPS said this type of scam has been reported nationwide and warned that QR codes in such packages may lead to phishing or fake survey sites.
Online Threat Alerts published a warning about deceptive postal letters sent to website owners that impersonate domain renewal notices. The scam pressures recipients to transfer domains to another registrar at highly inflated prices, reportedly using public WHOIS data and fine-print disclaimers such as 'not a bill' or 'non-invoice'.
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