U.S.P.S. reports scam messages for “delivery attempts”

By Mindy McKerrall on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News Eastern/Southeast Oregon Top Stories

HARNEY COUNTY-Another scam alert to report. The U.S. Post Office is seeing fraudulent U.S.P.S. “delivery attempt” messages circulating through text messages and email.

These scams are designed to create urgency and trick people into clicking links, scanning QR codes, or entering personal and payment information. Common warning signs include suspicious web links that do not lead to USPS.com, QR codes directing you to unknown websites, generic messages with no personal information, threats that your package will be returned and urgent deadlines meant to pressure you into acting quickly. USPS does not ask customers to update zip codes through random text links or QR codes.

Do not scan the QR code, click any links, or provide payment or personal information.

If you receive one of these texts, delete the message and ignore it, block the number or email it came from and share the information with others to help warn them of this scam.