Yep. You'd expect the "reschedule-parcel-online" part to come after the ".com" part. It's a good effort though because it looks legit at first glance and I'm sure it will fool a lot of people.
Yes it’s a scam Post office won’t have your phone details So ignore it if not sure check your delivery status if you have ordered something to be delivered
I have recently got an account with action fraud and report scams there 3 so far with a fraud case against me press 1 to talk to HMRC as there is a warrant out for my arrest 2 post office scams so far
Sometimes RM or other delivery services do have your number. I regularly get texts letting me know when eBay/Amazon parcels are going to be delivered. I presume it's linked to my account and the seller has access to it.
I have quite a few deliveries via RM and never had a teiephone call or txt just a card through the door if I miss the postman
The first clue is it's from a mobile number... Unfortunately lockdown seems to have give the dishonest in society more time to think up ways of conning people.
Yes, it was certainly a scam. I am expecting something from Amazon today and they do text. It nearly got me because I am expecting something from an Amazon partner. It is just horrible that people do this.
Had the indian from the call ctr telling me I have had an accident. Strung him along up until the point when he asked me what the injuries were. I told him it was amazing, initially I suffered no injuries, then out of nowhere a crocodile appeared and bit off my left leg. The few seconds of silence while this sank in, before the line went dead, were priceless.
This is genuine and came on my mobile from an Amazon partner today: I think that the clue is that they don't ask for anything and the tracking link (that does end up with the PO website) is just a short *.me, *.com, *.co.uk. Whichever company registered their domain at the top would have known that it was registering a scam domain just for stealing money. A problem with the internet is that there are many "so-called" straight companies that actively take part in scams. No way could " https://royalmail.reschedule-parcel-online.com" have been genuine and a legitimate name to register.
SWMBO had a call from a mobile yesterday from an Indian chap claiming to be from the National Crime Agency
Got a load of calls from “Sky” about my router needing to be accessed, I don’t have Sky so I hung them all up. Then “virgin media” called about my router, I said gosh there’s a problem is there? Who are you calling to speak to? I’m calling to speak to you. And who am I? He hung up
“www.res*hedule-parce*-online.com” is the website that’s been registered, then “royalmail.” is a subdomain, any website can add these simply. For instance, you could set up www.giveaway-bikes.com then add a subdomain so it reads www.ducati.giveaway-bikes.com moral of the story, always look at the domain - the bit that’s directly before the .com .co.uk or whatever - not the first bit seperated by a punctuation mark
But if www.giveaway-bikes.com is a registered domain, doesn't www.ducati.giveaway-bikes.com also have to be a registered domain? Or are you saying that once test.com is a registered domain then scam.test.com does not have to be a separately registered domain? If so, how do you get it to direct away from the genuine web site to the scam one?
Feel free to report things to Action Fraud but don’t expect them to do anything. My elderly neighbour was conned out of most of her life savings (a high 6 figure sum) and They did nothing. Even the advice they gave her was pathetic. I found out when she told me about the problems she was having trying to raise a loan so she could pay the tax owing on the Carbon credits she had ‘bought’. Luckily I was able to stop her paying any more. But even though we were in contact with the conman Action Fraud and the police did nothing.
My mobile number must be on some list being sold round as Ive had three diff phishing texts in the past two weeks Hmrc about to take me to court unless I pay outstanding - click here ..... HSBC - unusual payee request - click here..... Post office - not enough money on parcel and need to pay more - click here..... Have to keep reminding my elderly parents never to click on any hyperlinks on mails or texts. Really worrying. Absolute scum. The scammers - not my parents!!!
