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Spotting and avoiding Parcel delivery scams

I got a text asking me to click on a link to reschedule a parcel delivery I’d missed. I was waiting for a parcel from Royal Mail at the time, so I clicked on the link and was asked to make a payment.
Per Baars, the most common sort of Royal Mail scam text “usually says there’s a small issue with delivery. It might mention ...
You already know to be wary of suspicious-looking text messages, but what happens if a text arrives from someone who appears ...
It starts with a ping. You’re in the middle of your day when a text pops up that there’s a problem with your package delivery, or a missed toll payment. These messages look very convincing, but ...
Expecting a package in the coming days? You are not alone. The United States Postal Service estimates 3 billion packages will be delivered this holiday season; an average of 10 parcels for every man, ...
Scammers are taking advantage of the holiday season to trick shoppers, experts warn Convincing ads, URLS, storefronts aim to entice customers to enter card details Parcel scams encourage shoppers to ...
Panaji: Crime branch n Tuesday detected an alleged fake parcel delivery scam and arrested one person from Odisha. Crime branch registered an FIR based.
Three is urging its mobile customers to dial a four-digit code if they receive a suspicious text offering them a 'large ...
Sending and receiving parcels ahead of Christmas? A consumer expert has issued a word of warning as a “massive” scam rocks the UK. Appearing on This Morning on Thursday (4 December), Alice Beer ...
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