Today (December 23) is the final day for parcels to arrive in time for Christmas Day thanks to a special service from Royal Mail. Caithness residents who have left it until the last minute to post Christmas gifts are in luck as Royal Mail’s Special Delivery Guaranteed® Service is still …
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A warning is being issued to last-minute Christmas shoppers that there is a rise in scam delivery text messages. With online shopping increasing this year, there are expected to be huge numbers of parcels delivered to households across the UK in the coming days. In the final three months of …
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If you’ve ever received a bizarre text message claiming you have a parcel “waiting for delivery”, it’s likely to be a fraudster waiting in the shadows to scam you. More than a million scam texts are expected to be sent out across the country this week, and more than half …
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Experts are warning people to be wary of unexpected text messages ahead of Christmas – with those claiming to be from delivery firms the most likely to be a scam ( Image: Getty Images/EyeEm) More than one million people will receive a scam text message between now and Boxing Day …
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Christmas means we are all shopping more and the online deliveries are piling up – but how do you know if a text about the parcel you’re expecting is real? Key indicators it’s a scam delivery text The mobile number is unidentified, even if the company name is mentioned in …
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AN MP has thanked local posties for all their hard work after his visit to the Royal Mail sorting office in Southend. James Duddridge, Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East, visited the sorting office in Short Street on December 22. As the workers showed him round the mail …
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People living in one part of Wirral say they haven’t received any mail for over a week in the lead-up to Christmas. Royal Mail confirmed it is experiencing some delays “due to COVID-related sickness absence” in the Birkenhead area. It comes as people across the country have reported delays and …
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As for deliveries today, they are “operating as normal across most of the country today”. However, while Royal Mail aims to deliver to all addresses they have mail for, six days a week, in a small number of local offices this may temporarily not be possible due to local issues …
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More than a million scam texts will be sent in the UK this week, and more than half will use parcel deliveries to try to trick consumers. Organisations monitoring “smishing” fraud are warning people to be extra vigilant this Christmas. One cyber-security firm, Proofpoint, is seeing ten times more scam …
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Is Royal Mail going to deliver on Christmas Eve, and are banks open? CHRISTMAS EVE is traditionally a day of relaxation, but for some, it is the last chance to get organized before the festive season begins. For the year 2021, here’s everything you need to know about Christmas Eve, …
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