I so nearly just reflexively clicked on one of these the other day before thinking wait this looks a little dodgy
They’re banking on a huge amount of people being busy, having ordered Christmas shopping and just being too distracted to pay attention.
Always contact a company yourself having searched for their website or phone number! Same applies to banks and utilities.
I received one of those. It appeared to be from Royal Mail and the email domain name was just similar enough to be realistic, but I wasn’t expecting any packages, so I deleted it.
I received one of these yesterday from “DPD” whilst expecting a parcel from Hermes. The reason I immediately knew it was fake was because I never give my real number to delivery companies.
I don’t know whether it’s helpful or not, but here’s the format you can expect from them:
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I so nearly just reflexively clicked on one of these the other day before thinking wait this looks a little dodgy
They’re banking on a huge amount of people being busy, having ordered Christmas shopping and just being too distracted to pay attention.
Always contact a company yourself having searched for their website or phone number! Same applies to banks and utilities.
I received one of those. It appeared to be from Royal Mail and the email domain name was just similar enough to be realistic, but I wasn’t expecting any packages, so I deleted it.
[Royal Mail have a webpage that lists examples of scams](https://www.royalmail.com/help/scam-examples) and you could forward any you suspect to them.
I received one of these yesterday from “DPD” whilst expecting a parcel from Hermes. The reason I immediately knew it was fake was because I never give my real number to delivery companies.
I don’t know whether it’s helpful or not, but here’s the format you can expect from them:
>”DPD: Sorry we missed you. To book your delivery for another day please visit, https://www.dpd.missed.scamlinkthatisnttheofficialsite.com“
Props to the photographer for being there in the right place at the right time to capture her looking baffled as she received a fake message,
If you get one from DHL go here https://www.dhl.com/gb-en/home/footer/fraud-awareness.html
I tend to click on these just to stuff them full of fake information and silly messages to waste their time
You can just fill the payment details bit in with credit card test numbers which are available on Google
I’d recommend other people do this just to flood their system to be honest