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Martin Lewis has issued an important warning over a ‘clever’ new Post Office scam doing the rounds.
The MoneySavingExpert founder shared details of the parcel delivery text scam and details of what it looks like and how it works. In a post on Twitter today (June 13), he said: “Beware. Just had a clever version of the ‘pay £1.99 for Post Office Parcel delivery’ scam text, aiming to steal bank info.
“The ‘fee’ isn’t mentioned in the text, it talks about “delays in transit” and offers “a date to reschedule”. It’s only when you click thru it mentions a fee.”
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The tweet has received dozens of responses with other social media users saying they’ve also received the scam text. One said: “I had one of those the other day, I asked for photographic proof of a parcel with my name and address or I would forward their number to the police.. funny still haven’t had a reply.”
Another added: “Not just the Post office – it’s also Evri and DPD – had the identical text from both of them.”
A third person replied: “Post Office will never send a text. Also, Post Office do not deliver mail, that is Royal Mail. It’s always a scam.”
Another commented: “Had one of those before (and I was waiting on a parcel). The minute I saw they wanted my payment detail I deleted it.”
A fifth person wrote: “My uncle got conned by a similar email- as it so happened he was waiting for a parcel. They took a lot of money from his account but luckily he got it back through the bank. Was reported.”
You can report spam texts directly to your mobile phone provider. All operators now use 7726 as the short code to report spam texts, which is free of charge.
Which? said they work together to deploy a tool which collates all the information from the 7726 short code in real time. This means they can take early action to block numbers that are generating spam on their networks.
They can also use this information to inform the regulators. When you report a spam text you may get an automated response thanking you for the report giving you further instructions if needed.
