Noddaz
PowerDork
10/4/24 1:41 p.m.
Does anyone have any experience with CargoMails.org? They have my used Miata parts that I ordered on hold. I have sent them an email today. The website has no phone number. Who are these people? And the tracking number I am given does not work on the USPS site. The tracking number is 099099206
I'd be careful, some quick internet sleuthing has led me to believe that CargoMails.org is potentially a scam–or at least not very trustworthy.
nocones
PowerDork
10/4/24 3:01 p.m.
Who actually shipped something to you? Reach out to them for the real tracking number.
Unless the Vendor you bought from said "CargoMails.org" is our shipper and your tracking number is "099099206" I doubt they actually have your package at all.
They probably scrapped a tiny bit of information from whomever your vendors email is and are busy trying to convince you to pay them. They probably don't have your package and it will probably show up in the next few days.
it says the weight is Zero , I smell a scam.....
It says "urgent insurance fee needed." I smell a scam....
In reply to 1988RedT2 :
Yeah, between the urgency (always typical for a scam) and the fact that it's usually the sender who pays the insurance fee, it definitely smells like scam, scam, wonderful scam...
I have been getting a lot of texts about how my delivery is being held at the post office and I need to go to this link to resolve.
With all the Amazon inspired shipping going on these days it probably a good assumption a large percentage of the population has something being delivered, which makes it ripe for a mass phishing scam.
I would be very curious as to how they got the description of the part though (assuming that is correct).
As an official USPS Letter Carrier in Minnesota you are being scammed. We do NOT use this company, I've never heard of them. Plus, the only time I've heard others refer to themselves as mailman it's usually spoken in a slow, stupid voice as if we're all knuckle dragging idiots. Updated by mailman made me laugh, hope you didn't enter any credit card or banking information, if so immediately drop what you're doing and contact that back or card and check on recent transactions.
Noddaz
PowerDork
10/6/24 7:50 a.m.
Thank you all.
I just want my parts. *sigh*
In reply to Noddaz :
Well, they don't have them.
I'm literally having the exact problem with cargo mail holding my parts..did you ever get your package or how did you deal with it???
So, do they just brute force spam the USPS tracking number box and collect any results that come back, and then email those people when there's an email address associated with an order?
I like the times they use. "13:00 PM" and "15:00 PM". Yeah, as if it's 15:00 AM.
In reply to MontegoMX5 :
They almost certainly don't have anything. Contact the seller and ask them for the shipping information.
They don't have your parts. They don't have anything except your e-mail and some info on your order and a need to get some of your money.
The FastPass (toll road) charge you owe according to the email you will soon get, you also don't owe. I haven't driven on a toll road in many years, and the nearest one to me is far away... and I have gotten two of these recently.
This time of year is prime for scamming people with shipping phishing scams. The fact that these actually have some info on the orders is a bit scary though.
USPS (I think it's USPS, at least) reuses tracking numbers. I bet you could just spam a few, change a few key digits, and find a few active orders. If you were industrious (like the likely scammers are), you could spam a few hundred thousand numbers, build a little scraper that pulls out key data, and spam email all of the results.
Noddaz
PowerDork
12/31/24 1:27 p.m.
I never received my parts. The whole deal was a scam. I am just glad that I didn't fall for throwing more money into the hole.
In reply to MontegoMX5 :
Who was your original order from? I know there are some online "stores," that look legit, that never actually ship anything. They take payment then claim to have shipped the item and send you a bogus tracking number. The idea, I guess, is that a fair number of people will just forget and not follow through when they never receive the item. Another set will give grace until a chargeback or fraud claim time limit runs out. The ones that actually follow up and get their money back are the cost of doing business for them. The tell is usually very good - just past the point of seeming too good to be true - pricing, and overseas origination for the shipping through some carrier you've never heard of. I know there's an outboard motor website that looks legit and has just slightly too amazing pricing on everything and claims it's because they ship from Malaysia, but the truth is you never get your motor.
Noddaz said:
I never received my parts. The whole deal was a scam. I am just glad that I didn't fall for throwing more money into the hole.
Who was the original vendor? Did you do a chargeback on your card?
In reply to Jesse2004MazdaspeedMiata :
I worked for Walmart and Amazon in ecommerrce doing outbound shipping.
I back up everything jesse2004mazdaspeedmiata has said.
Noddaz
PowerDork
12/31/24 2:18 p.m.
In reply to dculberson :
I was talked into "freinds and family" payment with PayPal. Screwed, was I.
And the vendor was some Miata part out guy (supposedly) out of the north west US. I don't remember exactally and I don't want to saw something wrong.
In reply to Noddaz :
Exactly my predicament, part out guy from Facebook marketplace, who is parting out Miata's. he has a link to his page. I figured it was legit. I think my first mistake was doing a transaction through the DM's and not through his "website."
NEVER pay "Friends and Family" or Zelle to someone who isn't a friend or family.
Check the seller's profile from a desktop 98% of these scammers are easy to spot with some digging and common sense.
Business profiles are no guarantee of safety. Scammers can pop these up at will, and also change the name. Name changes on personal profiles are common, as well. 1,000 likes ot follows can be bought for about $10.
If something feels even a little off, it likely is. Don't think twice about asking for photos of the item in question with the day's date handwritten on a piece of paper. Bail if you don't feel comfortable.