{"id":261161,"date":"2026-05-06T21:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261161\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:18:08","slug":"st-lucie-county-deputies-warn-of-ups-delivery-phishing-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261161\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Lucie County deputies warn of UPS delivery phishing scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is warning residents on Wednesday about a phishing scam involving UPS.<\/p>\n<p>In this scam, fraudsters send texts or emails claiming a delivery failure and urging immediate action through a link.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/roof-leaks-water-damage-and-rising-crisis-calls-211-helpline-finally-gets-a-new-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roof leaks, water damage and rising crisis calls: 211 Helpline finally gets a new home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office says the messages may request a redelivery fee or personal details in an attempt to steal credit card information.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a phishing scam involving UPS. In this scam, fraudsters send texts or emails claiming a delivery failure and urging immediate action through a link. (SLCSO)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69c8b158-1611-4e36-987d-1716fd618e46-PhotoVideo22.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is warning residents about a phishing scam involving UPS. In this scam, fraudsters send texts or emails claiming a delivery failure and urging immediate action through a link. (SLCSO)<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>SLCSO is urging residents to never click on links in unexpected messages about deliveries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is warning residents on Wednesday about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-261161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}