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I received a text telling me my delivery was arriving. It gave me a pin number saying it was required for my delivery. An Uber driver arrived about 7 minutes later with a small white apple bag, my name on the shipping label, my correct address, and 2 things I most definitely didn't order!

Inside the bag was a phone case for an iPhone 17 Pro Max - which I don't own, and a small box with a USB-C 240W charge cable.

I've called most of my credit card companies to see if there was a charge from Apple - but nothing I could find.

What do I do?

This is so weird - I received another text (which ONLY showed up on my phone, not my laptop) saying:

"Apple: Items in order *** were delivered. We hope you enjoy them. Visit https://.s.apple.com/cB3F2L2DW7 for more details." The "s" seems suspect to me.

Is this something I should worry about?

I didn't visit that link!

Thank you for any insights you have.

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Posted on Nov 7, 2026 4:26 PM

7 replies

HelpLulu Author

Level 1 (15 points)

Nov 7, 2026 9:13 PM in response to HelpLulu

Thank you to everyone! My brother called me about an hour ago to ask if I received a shipment from Apple. He had it sent to the wrong address. Where is the rolling eyes emoji when I need it? Thank you anyway for your help. I'm glad it was a benign problem.

Chattanoogan

Level 8 (43,489 points)

Nov 7, 2026 4:45 PM in response to HelpLulu

I think that your NOT following that link was a good precaution.

Did that shipping label appear to be the one originally attached to the package ? (Or was your name and address on another label … “stacked on-top” of the original label ?)

I’m wondering if it was maybe erroneously added by Uber. (I’ve never had an Uber package delivery)

Chattanoogan

Level 8 (43,489 points)

Nov 8, 2026 6:42 AM in response to HelpLulu

Glad that there was a reasonable, non-nefarious explanation.

In this age of possible AI-powered account compromises; when corporate data-breeches of our PII have become routine and a normally-accepted part of business …

… we do tend to become “spring-loaded” to see a threat in every shadow.

Companies which still send legitimate but spammy/phishy appearing SMS texts as part of their “services” certainly don’t help.

Djaback

Level 1 (8 points)

Nov 8, 2026 6:59 AM in response to HelpLulu

Would have been nice to get a new phone though or or a MacBook Pro. Mine doesn’t work well anymore.

HelpLulu Author

Level 1 (15 points)

Nov 8, 2026 9:13 AM in response to Djaback

It would be nice, Djaback - oh well :-l

HelpLulu Author

Level 1 (15 points)

Nov 8, 2026 9:14 AM in response to Chattanoogan

Too true - thank you, Chattanoogan!

HelpLulu Author

Level 1 (15 points)

Nov 8, 2026 9:16 AM in response to Chattanoogan

It was a first for me as well. Now I have to go to a UPS store and send it to my brother.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256390532