SCAM to be wary of

[Jembo]

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]

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]

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. :thumbsdown:

 

[mr.tourette]

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]

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

 

[Jembo]

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$]

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]

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]

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 :thumbsdown:

 

[blunderthumbs]

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]

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