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UPS (United Parcel Service)

Parcel and mail carriers.

BCredibility B · last verified 2026-10-12 · dossier 2026-10-12 · 98% official or government sources · 3 from search snippets or archives
What does this mean?

Grade B (good: mostly official pages; check the flagged values before relying on them). 98% of 40 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites; 3 value(s) were read from a search snippet or an archive copy.

WebsiteOpen in the interactive directoryJSON

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Contacts (9)

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Online forms

Online tools and accounts

Escalation path

Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.

  1. Customer service

    PhoneUPS Customer Service +1-800-742-5877

  2. Written complaint

    FormFile a claim as a guest (recipients and third-party shippers)

    Claim with UPS within 60 days of the scheduled delivery. Recipients can file as a guest unless the shipper restricts it; then the shipper must file.

  3. Card or bank dispute

    Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)

    Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)

    Dispute with the seller who shipped the item.

State agencies for this sector: your state’s attorney general. Find yours in the list of state agencies, or as JSON in states/<code>.json (for example states/ny.json).

Known blockers

  • The UPS Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service and the UPS arbitration terms are PDFs that download instead of opening; the default liability limit and arbitration notice method are not recorded.
  • If the shipper restricts its account, the recipient cannot file a claim; the shipper must file it.
  • Uploading claim documents and receiving payment by EFT need the claimant's own UPS sign-in or bank details.

Scam warnings

Official domains

  • ups.com
  • theupsstore.com
  • upscapital.com

Real links and emails from UPS (United Parcel Service) end in one of these.

UPS (United Parcel Service) will never ask you for

  • UPS's fraud page says UPS does not request payments, personal or financial information, account numbers, IDs, passwords or copies of invoices in an unsolicited manner by email, mail, phone, fax or text. (Seen in search-result text of the page; the page blocked automated reading on 2026-10-12.)

    Source: ups.com, verified 2026-10-12

Known scams

  • Messages that claim a UPS package is waiting and ask for personal information or a payment before delivery. UPS says to track the package on ups.com yourself to see if any fee is due. (Seen in search-result text of the page; the page blocked automated reading on 2026-10-12.)

    Source: ups.com, verified 2026-10-12

Report phishing

  • Forward suspicious emails (with full headers) and report suspicious texts or calls that claim to be from UPS
    fraud@ups.com

    Read from search-result text of this page on 2026-10-12; the page blocked automated fetches.

    Use for: Fraud or scam

    Source: ups.com, verified 2026-10-12

How complaints actually go

Every point links to its source. “Reported by customers” marks an anecdote from a forum: a tactic to try, not a fact to quote. Checked 2026-10-12. Markdown: dossiers/ups.md

In short

UPS claims are filed online: start within 60 days of the scheduled delivery for a lost or damaged package, and open a loss investigation within 30 days if tracking shows delivered but you cannot find it. Recipients can file as a guest unless the shipper has blocked it; then the shipper must file, so ask the seller who shipped your order. Upload photos and an invoice; paper and fax claims are no longer accepted. UPS does not ask for payment or personal information in unsolicited messages, so a text demanding a delivery fee is a scam.

How complaints actually go

  • UPS customer service is 1-800-742-5877; the Help and Support Center offers the UPS Assistant virtual agent. UPS: contact us
  • Start a claim within 60 days of the scheduled delivery for lost or damaged packages, or for a C.O.D. payment that was not received. UPS: file a claim
  • If a package shows delivered but cannot be found, UPS encourages a loss investigation within 30 days of the expected delivery date; for a damaged package, a damage claim within 30 days of receiving it. UPS: contact us
  • Recipients and third-party shippers can file as a guest, but if the shipper has a restriction on its account, they must ask the shipper to file. UPS: file a claim

What tends to work

  • Upload all documents in the Claims Dashboard: every claim needs supporting documentation such as an invoice showing value, and damage claims need photos; UPS may ask for an inspection. UPS: claim supporting documents
  • UPS My Choice Basic is free and gives delivery notifications, delivery photos and estimated delivery times. UPS My Choice
  • If The UPS Store packed and shipped the item, use the Pack & Ship Guarantee: it covers the item's value up to $100 for UPS shipments unless Declared Value was bought, and refunds packing and shipping costs. The UPS Store Pack & Ship Guarantee

Traps and fine print

  • Packages released without a signature at the customer's request (signature release, or release to an apartment building through My Choice) are not eligible for lost claims. UPS: file a claim
  • For Ground Saver packages, UPS no longer accepts claims once the scan shows the package was handed to the Post Office. UPS: file a claim
  • Since July 31, 2022, claim paperwork cannot be sent by fax or mail; it must be uploaded in the Claims Dashboard. UPS: claim supporting documents
  • The Pack & Ship Guarantee excludes customer-packed packages and shipments packed in free carrier-supplied materials. The UPS Store Pack & Ship Guarantee

By the numbers

Scams that target customers

  • UPS's fraud page says UPS does not request payments, personal or financial information, account numbers, IDs, passwords or copies of invoices in an unsolicited way by email, mail, phone, fax or text. (Seen in search-result text; ups.com blocked automated reading on 2026-10-12.) UPS: protect yourself from fraud
  • Fake messages say a UPS package is waiting and ask for personal information or a fee before delivery; track the package yourself on ups.com to see whether anything is due, and forward suspicious messages to fraud@ups.com. (Seen in search-result text.) UPS: protect yourself from fraud
  • FTC data: fake package delivery problems were the most reported text scam of 2024. FTC Data Spotlight, April 14, 2025

For the whole industry, read Parcel and mail carriers — how complaints work.

Verification notes

UPS parcel carrier. Lost, damaged and missing C.O.D. claims are filed online on ups.com; recipients and third-party shippers can file as a guest. The UPS Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service and the "Claims and Legal Actions: Individual Binding Arbitration" document are PDFs on assets.ups.com that download instead of opening in the browser, so the general declared value default and the arbitration notice terms are not recorded here. The UPS Store Pack & Ship Guarantee is a separate program for items packed by The UPS Store.

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