Just as an aside. Does anyone elses phone automatically catch these as spam? Mine started catching them and quarintening them automatically a while ago. It notifies me so I can check, but they don’t show up in my messages after that.
yes, the phone number is showing (089) red flag straight away the URL is not anpost. I don’t believe anpost would use “SEIZED” in their message and as a general rule of thumb and in the less rude way, If you’re posting asking if it’s a scam it’s 100% usually a scam. There has been an insane influx of these messages myself included in the last two weeks I must’ve had over 6 messages. Such a pisstake.
Yes, always look at the URL for the link
Yes
Yes
[ANPOST.ie](https://ANPOST.ie) is the only one that sends these legit.
I got this message.
Thing was I received it by chance immediately after leaving an An Post Office having posted a large valuable parcel (never done this before), so there was a kernel in my mind of this may be legit. If you click into it they ask for your card details and all your bank details including customer number account number etc. Knew it was suspicious went to the An Post office and they told me it was a scam outright.
Yes
An post ends in a .ie not a .com
Yep it’s been doing the rounds. Also can someone explain to me why I was trying to type into the “text message” field of the screenshot. I’m a dumb f**k half the times 🤦♂️
Yes
Note a few things.
The number
It’s an 089 number. Any company sending mass texts wouldn’t be using a mobile number.
The url
Most would be <company name>.com or .ie not <company name>.random nonsense.com
Also just ask yourself stuff like
Are you expecting anything from outside EU?
Would that package have your phone number?
Most importantly if you think it might be a scam, it is a scam.
Scammy
Full scam. Just reading the text means they have probably already scanned your blood and have gotten several samples of your hair.
If you have to ask is it a scam, it is, always will be.
If you have to ask… It’s a scam.
U GETTIN SEIZED BITCH
Yep. Delete and block the number, too.
Yes – similar to Amazon ones I received – but a bit more amateurish
No, it is a Nigerian prince asking for help.
Sweet suffering fuck if by now you can’t recognise this as a scam after the numerous, nah probably hundreds of posts just like this, tv and radios dis ussions and farda warnings including samples of the texts then go bury your head back in the hole its clearly been in for the last number of years
Here’s a hint, if a company legitimately wants money they won’t send you a text and they won’t use a url they don’t own
Best thing to do is copy the url and report it to Google and Microsoft’s phishing sites. If you want to be malicious you could use Tor browser and visit the site and fill in a bunch of junk to poison their data theft activities.
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yes
“Hey Reddit is this obvious scam a scam?”
100%
Yes
No is legit. Click it and provide whatever details they ask for🙄
No mate 100% real
That email about the 2 billion Ugandan dollars? Also real.
I recently had to pay a similar fee before they would deliver a parcel. Here is the legitimate site, you should be able to search if you owe a fee: https://www.anpost.com/Post-Parcels/Receiving/Pay-Customs-Charge
That poor parcel getting SEIZED
loo.ksle.gitto.me
Yes 100% a scam.
Just as an aside. Does anyone elses phone automatically catch these as spam? Mine started catching them and quarintening them automatically a while ago. It notifies me so I can check, but they don’t show up in my messages after that.
yes, the phone number is showing (089) red flag straight away the URL is not anpost. I don’t believe anpost would use “SEIZED” in their message and as a general rule of thumb and in the less rude way, If you’re posting asking if it’s a scam it’s 100% usually a scam. There has been an insane influx of these messages myself included in the last two weeks I must’ve had over 6 messages. Such a pisstake.
Yes, always look at the URL for the link
Yes
Yes
[ANPOST.ie](https://ANPOST.ie) is the only one that sends these legit.
I got this message.
Thing was I received it by chance immediately after leaving an An Post Office having posted a large valuable parcel (never done this before), so there was a kernel in my mind of this may be legit. If you click into it they ask for your card details and all your bank details including customer number account number etc. Knew it was suspicious went to the An Post office and they told me it was a scam outright.
Yes
An post ends in a .ie not a .com
Yep it’s been doing the rounds. Also can someone explain to me why I was trying to type into the “text message” field of the screenshot. I’m a dumb f**k half the times 🤦♂️
Yes
Note a few things.
The number
It’s an 089 number. Any company sending mass texts wouldn’t be using a mobile number.
The url
Most would be <company name>.com or .ie not <company name>.random nonsense.com
Also just ask yourself stuff like
Are you expecting anything from outside EU?
Would that package have your phone number?
Most importantly if you think it might be a scam, it is a scam.
Scammy
Full scam. Just reading the text means they have probably already scanned your blood and have gotten several samples of your hair.
If you have to ask is it a scam, it is, always will be.
If you have to ask… It’s a scam.
U GETTIN SEIZED BITCH
Yep. Delete and block the number, too.
Yes – similar to Amazon ones I received – but a bit more amateurish
No, it is a Nigerian prince asking for help.
Sweet suffering fuck if by now you can’t recognise this as a scam after the numerous, nah probably hundreds of posts just like this, tv and radios dis ussions and farda warnings including samples of the texts then go bury your head back in the hole its clearly been in for the last number of years
Here’s a hint, if a company legitimately wants money they won’t send you a text and they won’t use a url they don’t own
Best thing to do is copy the url and report it to Google and Microsoft’s phishing sites. If you want to be malicious you could use Tor browser and visit the site and fill in a bunch of junk to poison their data theft activities.