Law enforcement officials are warning consumers to be cautious about suspicious text messages that look as though they've been sent from the package delivery company FedEx, ABC News reported.
Scammers have apparently taken to sending texts written to look like delivery confirmations and prompt unsuspecting recipients to fill in their "delivery preferences."
As How-To-Geek reported, one such link took them to a customer satisfaction survey, which then offered them a free "expensive" reward which they could only get by filling in their credit card information and address.
"We are committed to protecting the security and integrity of our network," the statement reads, according to ABC News. "While there is no foolproof method to prevent the FedEx name from being used in a scam, we are constantly monitoring for such activity and working cooperatively with law enforcement."
It continued, "FedEx does not send unsolicited text messages or emails to customers requesting money or package or personal information. Any suspicious text messages or emails should be deleted without being opened, and reported to abuse@fedex.com."
On its website, FedEx offers several fey factors people can look for in order to identify a fake text that may otherwise seem totally legitimate.
These include spotting spelling and grammatical errors, excessive use of exclamation points, and variations on otherwise correct websites (like fed-ex.com instead of the correct fedex.com.)
