Dismissed As a Typo... Why You Must Check Before Clicking Unfamiliar Delivery Messages

Finally, there are reportedly people who use complete strangers' phone numbers when ordering deliveries. It sounds like it would be quite unpleasant if your number were used that way.

This is a story recently shared on an online community.

A person identified as A revealed that they have been suffering from stress because someone has been ordering items using their phone number for several years.

When A protested to the buyer asking them not to use their phone number, the other person apologized, saying, "It was a typo while entering the number." However, due to the repetition and the arrangement of the numbers, A found it difficult to dismiss as a simple mistake, raising the possibility of intentional theft.

As the story spread, reports from people who had experienced similar damage followed one after another.

One netizen claimed, "I suffered because a foreigner living in South Korea ordered all sorts of items using my number," while another netizen stated, "There are cases where people intentionally enter someone else's number without authorization to avoid exposing their own contact information."

Experts advised that if you receive a delivery notification message for something you did not order, it could be identity theft or even smishing. Therefore, you should never click on links from unverified sources and must verify the facts through the official customer service center of the delivery company.

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