Courier company emails

Elledee

Hi

Does anyone get emails from courier companies saying missed delivery etc & then when they go into tracking in the couriers website it says unknown tracking number? Are these just spam emails or am I doing something wrong? I've had a few of them from supposedly different couriers companies and I've deleted them when no match for the parcel number is found but just wondered if maybe I'm doing something wrong?

Thanks!

cagsd

Going by this thread it looks like there are some scam delivery emails going round
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4754419

tranmereforever

Hiya Eledee,

If its the same as the ones I have been getting recently they are 100% scam emails, be careful as many of them have attachments which may be harmful to your computer

If you get anymore I would just delete them personally

Elledee

Thanks guys. I thought they were. I don't click on the attachments, just write the tracking number down & go to the site myself. I just wondered as before I got an email from a courier company & this was the first I knew that there was a prize on the way.

Zanzib

I had one recently supposedly from DHL.

They are definitely scams.

hamsterfan1

the scam one from DHL say it's from DHL Inc & if you hover over the address it's a gmail

grannybiker

I usually get 3-5 missed parcels a day, plus half a dozen different bank security alerts and a paypal problem that needs resolving...
As above, NEVER click on any links, (Sounds as if you're doing the right thing going to the site Mind you, I don't even bother doing that as I think, "How do they know my email, but not my name...?" !)