The USPS Login Lookalike

Flggd Scam School · Delivery, Refund & Logistics Scams · Lesson 10 of 16

You clicked through to a USPS sign-in page, and something feels slightly wrong. If you're searching for how to spot a fake USPS website login, that instinct may have just saved you.

The message looks like this

Why this is a scam

The page is a pixel-perfect copy of the real USPS login. Same logo, same colors, same layout. The address bar is the only honest thing on the screen, and it doesn't say usps.com.

Whatever you type goes to the scammer: your username, your password, and often "identity verification" details on the next screen. With your real USPS account, scammers can redirect mail and gather personal information for bigger frauds.

The bait email works because Informed Delivery is a real, useful service. The scam borrows its name.

Red flags checklist

• The web address is not usps.com: hyphens and extras like "account-services" are the giveaway.

• You arrived from an email link, not by typing the address yourself.

• The page asks for more than a login: card numbers or SSN for "verification."

• The sender's email domain is not @usps.com when you look closely.

• Password managers refuse to autofill, because the domain doesn't match.

The manipulation tactic

Familiarity. A perfect copy of a page you've seen before switches off suspicion; you check the layout, not the address bar.

What to do, and what not to do

• Close the page. Type usps.com yourself to sign in.

• If you entered your password, change it now, and anywhere else you reuse it.

• If you entered card details, call your card company.

• Turn on two-factor authentication for accounts that offer it.

• Report the email as phishing, then delete it.

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