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Rog (RJ) wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:33 pm Received a text yesterday saying "Your Royal Mail parcel is waiting for delivery. There is an unpaid delivery fee, Visit HTTP etc etc"
As I'm not expecting any parcels I have reported the matter to Royal Mail. Awaiting feedback from them, but somehow I don't think there will be any.
Just be aware and don't click on any links if you get a similar message, there are quite a few examples of scams on Royal Mail's website.
Apparently these scams have been hugely profitable for the perpetrators! Lots of stories of people being scammed out of thousands of pounds.teedoubleudee wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:39 pm This one just arrived as an SMS message on my phone. It just shows how stupid these people are as it starts off pretending to be Royal Mail but then gives a link to Hermes
Must have been a hellova big parcel!darkscot wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 1:15 pmApparently these scams have been hugely profitable for the perpetrators! Lots of stories of people being scammed out of thousands of pounds.teedoubleudee wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:39 pm This one just arrived as an SMS message on my phone. It just shows how stupid these people are as it starts off pretending to be Royal Mail but then gives a link to Hermes
This is one of the reasons it works so well. They start of by just asking for £2.99 or similar, then they get you to fill in your bank details on the 'payment' website. Then you get a call from 'your bank' saying there was suspicious activity on your account, you tell them about the text from Royal Mail and they tell you it is a scam and you need to transfer all your money to special safe account.