Texts claiming a FedEx package could not be delivered are aimed at any phone number. The link leads to a fake page that collects card numbers and logins.
A text says a FedEx package could not be delivered and asks you to tap a link to pay a small fee or confirm details. The message is fake. The link opens a page run by scammers, not by FedEx, and that page collects card numbers, logins and personal details.
Security people call this smishing, which is phishing by text message. The text does not need to match a real parcel. It goes out to huge lists of numbers, and the sender counts on the fact that many people are waiting for something from some shop. Whoever is expecting a delivery taps without thinking.
FedEx has warned about this pattern before. In January 2020, local news stations reported police and FedEx warnings about texts with a fake tracking code and a link to set delivery preferences. A security vendor article from July 2026 describes the same pattern today, with claims of an incomplete address or an unpaid fee.
The text itself is not a virus, and it does not mean your phone is hacked or that FedEx lost your data. You got it because your number is on a list, not because you did something wrong. Numbers are guessed in sequence, bought, or taken from old data leaks. Even a message that uses your name proves nothing. It may only mean the sender has data from a leak or a shop.
A real FedEx text is about a shipment you know about and names no payment. Even then, the safest move is to ignore the link and look the parcel up yourself. FedEx's 2020 warning, as reported by ABC stations, says it does not send unsolicited texts or emails asking for money, package or personal information.
The steps are in the alert box above. In short: do not tap, reply or call, report the text, and check any real parcel on fedex.com or in the FedEx app by typing the address yourself. Replying, even with STOP, is not advised.
The check behind this report could not read FedEx's current fraud page, which refused the request. The FedEx statements come from its public warnings as reported by news outlets. For FedEx's present wording, call 1.800.463.3339 or visit fedex.com. A figure in the vendor article, which ranks delivery problems at the top of text scams in 2024 per the FTC, was not checked against FTC data. No scam link was opened, and no reports from affected users were found.
Never tap a delivery link in a text you did not expect. Type fedex.com yourself to check a parcel, then report the text to 7726 and delete it.
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