I did not respond. One thing puzzles me, though. The web address starts with purolator.com and then has additional characters. I am under the impression that any address with purolator.comXXXXXXX would still be on the purolator.com site and not take you outside of it. Am I wrong? Is this not a .com site but a .vip site?
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I did not respond. One thing puzzles me, though. The web address starts with purolator.com and then has additional characters. I am under the impression that any address with purolator.comXXXXXXX would still be on the purolator.com site and not take you outside of it. Am I wrong? Is this not a .com site but a .vip site?
.vip is the domain portion of the hostname so it will not be part of the legit purolator.com domain.
So... are you expecting a package from Purolator?
No. But I did receive a Purolator shipment a couple of days prior to this text.
I googled 63 area code and it is the Phillipines.
It's obviously spam/scam, but you also know this because the domain name, com-payhe.vip, was registered 3 days ago.
It's pretty common to spawn new domain names, frequently, for domains because no reputation (new) is better than a bad reputation. I actually block all domain names < 90 days old.
https://www.whois.com/whois/com-payhe.vip
It's pretty common to spawn new domain names, frequently, for domains because no reputation (new) is better than a bad reputation. I actually block all domain names < 90 days old.
https://www.whois.com/whois/com-payhe.vip
Each day I get spam texts and emails related to fraudulent activity on fill-in-the-blank. A regular occurrence are the ones from "PayPal" showing an invoice for hundreds of dollars was successfully processed, but if I don't recognize the transaction, call xxx.xxx.xxxx.
Another biggie is getting phone calls from what looks to be a bank or credit union's main phone number. This is of epic proportions and their real websites are warning all their customers to not answer any calls from what looks to be from them.
All unrecognized texts and emails are deleted without opening. My phone is set to only show calls from numbers in my contacts. Others go through another process which I can review later if needed.
Another biggie is getting phone calls from what looks to be a bank or credit union's main phone number. This is of epic proportions and their real websites are warning all their customers to not answer any calls from what looks to be from them.
All unrecognized texts and emails are deleted without opening. My phone is set to only show calls from numbers in my contacts. Others go through another process which I can review later if needed.
You only got one? Lucky.
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