Is This A Scam?

[ladybirder]

I've just had a text saying, "Royal Mail: Your package has a £2.99 unpaid shipping fee. To pay this visit: https://royalmail.unpaid-delivery.com or your package will be returned to sender."
Is this genuine does anyone know? Thanks.

[ToraToraTora]

yep

[Barmaid]

It's a scam.

[gingejbee]

This has been widely publicised recently - I'm surprised you've missed it.

[ladybirder]

Thank you 3T and barmaid. How do you know please. Is it because RM would never send you a text?

[lady-janine]

Sounds like one.

[ladybirder]

Ginge don't be surprised at me missing anything and everything nowadays I'm afraid;-)

[david small]

Had a phone scam today. I informed the young woman that she should go and boil her gentleman’s parts.

[Buenchico]

Any genuine email from Royal Mail which, unusually, wanted you to click on a link, would direct you to royalmail.com, not to unpaid-delivery.com. (That web address was only registered last Wednesday).

Anyway, the vast majority of Royal Mail services (if any) don't require a sender to provide a phone number for the recipient. So, if Royal Mail genuinely had an undelivered package for you, how would they know the number to text? Further, why would they need to know your date of birth? (See the link that they sent you!) It also seems odd that, given they've allegedly got a parcel addressed to you, they need you to tell them your address ;-)

https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6905/~/typical-online-scams-to-look-out-for

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56496203

[Buenchico]

^^^ For 'email', in my first line, substitute 'text'.

[gness]

LB. I have had three of those to my UK phone in the past two weeks.

Royal Mail doesn't deliver to the far west of Ireland..... :-)

[Patsy33]

Definitely a scam. I had the same.

[carolegif]

Apparently many MP’s and celebs have been caught out by it. I had one several weeks ago and the Abers soon gave me the correct advice- delete, delete!

[Georgiesmum]

Yes, of course its a scam, its been spoken about on here many times x

[ladybirder]

It is the first one I've ever had so looks as if I've been lucky then. Just hope it's not the start of many. Thanks guys and gals. It's deleted. xx

[playersdigger]

yes it certainly is a scam.Ignore it. If you reply they will ask you for personal details. Then most likely someone will phone pretending to be from your bank using the details you gave them. They work from a script and try and get you to transfer money to an account of theirs. Take care and dont be caught out. Your bank will never phone you.

[jno]

£2.99? ladybirder, I would have thought you deserved a much better quality of scammer than that.

[pastafreak]

Were you expecting a package?

[douglas9401]

Once they have the details to pay the 'shipping fee' one might find other mysterious charges in quick succession, jno.

[ladybirder]

LOL jno, that did cross my mind;-)
Yes pasta, two, but one hasn't been despatched yet and the other won't be despatched for another few days. I checked those before I posted.

[THECORBYLOON]

If you think about it, how would Royal Mail know your mobile 'phone number?