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Fake Royal Mail Message - Scam Warning

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pchoc Posts: 62 Forumite

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27 April 2021 at 6:59AM in Praise, vent & warnings

Be alert : there is a fake royal mail text message doing the rounds saying you have a parcel awaiting delivery but there is a £1.99 charge to release it. DO NOT reply to the message because it's nothing to do with royal mail and instead is fishing for bank details. Block the number and keep your cash safe. The message appears as below and comes from many numbers.

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IvanOpinion Posts: 22,587 Forumite

27 April 2021 at 7:08AM

'Royal Mail' may be substituted with pretty much any carrier.

I don't care about your first world problems; I have enough of my own!
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Pollycat Posts: 35,729 Forumite

27 April 2021 at 7:15AM

And cold texts can be from any sort of (fake) institution.

I would never click on a link in a text or email for something like this.

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pollypenny Posts: 29,432 Forumite

27 April 2021 at 12:21PM

I've had two of those recently. What bothers me is that I was expecting a delivery on both occasions. Has some system been hacked?

Member #14 of SKI-ers club

Words, words, they're all we have to go by!.

(Pity they are mangled by this autocorrect!)
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Bossyboots Posts: 6,757 Forumite

27 April 2021 at 1:31PM

My OH had a Hermes one this morning and is not expecting anything so just random.

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Pollycat Posts: 35,729 Forumite

5 May 2021 at 12:24PM edited 5 May 2021 at 12:25PM

Just had one this morning:
website:
poastalfees.rm.co.uk
Yes. "poastal".

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