US Post Office phishing sites get as much traffic as the real one

Many US government sites now have a clear banner at the top with a US flag and statement declaring &quot;An official website of the United States Government.&quot; Some go further and include a link to expose an explanation for &quot;here&#x27;s how you know&quot; that includes the statement &quot;Official websites use .gov&quot;<p>None of this appears on www.usps.com. www.usps.gov redirects to www.usps.com. Bare usps.gov does not (goes nowhere)<p>I wonder how much the phishing would decrease if the USPS website was served on usps.gov with the &quot;an official website&quot; and &quot;how you know&quot; seen on other official US gov&#x27;t sites.

[dupe]<p>Actual report: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;akamai.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;security-research&#x2F;phishing-usps-malicious-domains-traffic-equal-to-legitimate-traffic" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;akamai.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;security-research&#x2F;phishing-usps-mali...</a><p>Some more discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=40194346">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=40194346</a>

I got one of these messages literally moments before seeing this article. I always mark them Delete &amp; Report Junk. It’s been years. Why can’t authorities stop this?

The Post Office leaves themselves open to this, because their site is at a level of tech that makes it hard to distinguish from a spam site from 5 years ago. It&#x27;s too easy to make the phishing site look more legit than the actual site.

I recently left town for 1 month and got the post office to hold my mail. It was all delivered in bulk when I came back. Out of the huge bundle of 100 mail pieces, there was only 1 piece of mail that was not trash - a renewed car registration.<p>So for me, on average, 99% of mail goes right from USPS to the trash - in fact, I would probably pay a few dollars a month for a service which would automatically trash that 99% of mail for me.<p>That has me asking - what is the point of USPS these days? Is it just packages?