SCAM to be wary of

Jembo · Post by **Jembo** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:45 pm

I wasn’t caught - didn’t click on any link as am a suspicious bu&&er

Though I’d share this info... as I believe some unscrupulous online sellers could now be on-selling your mobile/email details to 3rd parties in an attempt to grab your card details...

(FYI the givaway’s no order details that you can cross reference... & do Amazon really use RM?)

Am adding this to the list of
- congestion charge fine emails
- parking fine charge emails (the camera’d short stay free parking)

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:15 pm

The giveaway for me would probably be the wrong domain for the email and link in the text message.

I find the best way is to not click on anything - even if I think it is safe.

Just go to the website that it's claiming to be and see if you have any messages/orders there instead.

IRD · Post by **IRD** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:32 pm

It’s just another one to add to the long list. We have had one offering COVID vaccinations and requiring a payment. Some of them look very convincing. You just have to be very, very careful.

mr.tourette · Post by **mr.tourette** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:44 pm

yep seen that one before, as an aside I have had the odd item via Royal Mail from amazon not for prime stuff usually 3rd party sellers

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:21 pm

The sneaky robbers will never stop. Just have to be vigilent. Good heads up. Past on to a wife and daughter.

Jembo · Post by **Jembo** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:26 pm

Thanks - what was really sneaky is that both the email & text came within 24 hours of each other... making you feel it’s more legitimate...

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:51 pm

My wife got one of these last week. Domain looked kosher. So much so that she double checked with a trip down to the local Post Office. Turns out they don't send message like like this.

M1k3yC · Post by **M1k3yC** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:15 pm

I had a scam Royal Mail "Sorry we missed you earlier..." text message the other week. It came from 29990 and had a link to supposedly book a redelivery and the domain was royalmailgb.app I did a bit of Googling just to make sure it was false and it was being flagged as a scam. I showed it to my parents in the hope that it'll help them avoid similar ones.

GAZA62 · Post by **GAZA62** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:23 pm

I get so many of these each week luckily for me i rarely shop online so i just hit delete but sadly some poor soles get caught by this scum

blunderthumbs · Post by **blunderthumbs** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:31 pm

M1k3yC wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:15 pm I had a scam Royal Mail "Sorry we missed you earlier..." text message the other week. It came from 29990 and had a link to supposedly book a redelivery and the domain was royalmailgb.app I did a bit of Googling just to make sure it was false and it was being flagged as a scam. I showed it to my parents in the hope that it'll help them avoid similar ones.

I got the same one today.
I just forward to [email protected]
I do this with all my scamming emails.

Rucky · Post by **Rucky** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 2:18 pm

The Royal Mail one nearly caught me out - I coped and pasted the URL into internet explorer - then noticed that it was @.co and not @.com - however all the links were actual Royal mail!
Very sneaky

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