BeValued DPD parcel

luckylinzi

Apologies if this is the wrong place to write this. Im after some advice, ive recently started comping (1 month) and also instagram for the same amount of time. I won a couple of competitions and im still waiting for a prize from Brewers decorators and The range. I trust these to be genuine competitions. However ive received an email from DPD saying my parcel from BeValued will be delivered tomorrow. Ive googled it and a few posts seem to say ths is a scam. Should i refuse delivery? Or does anybody know if BeValued is a genuine company? Ive obviously entered competitions online so maybe it could be one of those? but ive had no notification. Im trying to be as vigilant and scam safe as i can. Any advice/help appreciated.
kind regards
Linz x

Iggy1313

Be valued provides prizes, it was them who provided my oculus from Coca-Cola x

luckylinzi

Oh ok thats brilliant, thanks for reply. I wont refuse then! I just assumed The Range or Brewers woud email. Ive had a couple on insta already tell me ive won and click the link etc, when ive checked the omps are still live. Im just trying to be careful. 
Thankou very much x

luckylinzi

And well done on your win @Iggy1313 x

Iggy1313

Yeah Instagram is terrible for that, and it’s good we have this group so we can check x

Ms_Dee

luckylinzi said:

Apologies if this is the wrong place to write this. Im after some advice, ive recently started comping (1 month) and also instagram for the same amount of time. I won a couple of competitions and im still waiting for a prize from Brewers decorators and The range. I trust these to be genuine competitions. However ive received an email from DPD saying my parcel from BeValued will be delivered tomorrow. Ive googled it and a few posts seem to say ths is a scam. Should i refuse delivery? Or does anybody know if BeValued is a genuine company? Ive obviously entered competitions online so maybe it could be one of those? but ive had no notification. Im trying to be as vigilant and scam safe as i can. Any advice/help appreciated.
kind regards
Linz x

I've had two prizes arrive this way.
One late last year, which was an automatic pet feeder, which I think was from UK Mums, but wasn't 100% sure and the last one was my Amazon Fire Stick from Coca-cola.
I think they dispatch a lot of Technology/Electronic items.

If in doubt, don't ever click a link. With these ones, I went to the DPD website the day before or morning of the suspected delivery and go to the officially DPD website and type in the delivery tracking number. Don't go via a link received, you may get a clue as to where it was dispatched from or what it is.

luckylinzi

@Ms_Dee thankyou. I wouldnt click any link. Ive had another text today to say its coming between 12 and 1 so will find out later. Just wanted to check as there are so many scams about. x

pate-ci0

If I had a parcel delivered to my door, addressed to me, I would accept delivery as long as no payment of any sort was required. I would investigate the contents and try to figure out the sender and if it corresponded to a competition I had entered then great. Otherwise I would keep it in its original condition for a 'reasonable' amount of time and if it was not subsequently claimed, again great.
This actually happened a couple of years ago; a garden bench appeared when we were out, no idea where it came from. It possibly was a prize from a competition I had entered, so I was pretty chuffed, though still a bit dubious cos it didn't quite correspond with the prize advertised. Two weeks later we were talking to some neighbours who said they had problems with a delivery that they had been told was delivered but they had not received it - guess what, a garden bench. They were very pleased to get it back and gave the delivery company some real stick. (They did say I could come and use it any time...)

luckylinzi

All was OK it was my prize. Thanks for help everyone and good luck x