Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Scammers are sending out the fake Parcelforce text message below with a link to the fake website parcelforce-gb.co that steals personal and financial information. The fake text message, which claims the recipient's package has a £2 shipping fee and will return to the sender if unpaid, is being sent by scammers. Therefore, if you receive the same scam (see below), please do not follow the instructions in it, just delete it.
From: 07931010994Royal mail: your package has a £2 shipping fee, to pay this now visit: hxxps://parcelforce-gb.co/. package will be returned to the sender if unpaid.
From: 07931010994
Royal mail: your package has a £2 shipping fee, to pay this now visit: hxxps://parcelforce-gb.co/. package will be returned to the sender if unpaid.
If you were tricked by the Parcelforce text scam, please contact your bank for help.
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Add another one to the list: 07340 428022. By a terrible coincidence (or is it...?), I was expecting a parcel, but was on holiday. The person housesitting for me sent me the legit Royal Mail "Sorry we missed you" card the day before I got the text message through. I didn't pay close enough attention to the url, and gave all my details, though I now can't remember what details I gave so I am on hold with my bank who will presumably have to block ALL of my cards. Grrrrrrrrr!
What has happened to people who fell for it just put my address in then stopped sick with worry now
Received the scam parcelforce gb text …phone number at top of text is*447387831533With a bit of luck one of the scumbag scammers, sending out these messages will find out that one of their family has got tricked by another scumbag…and are suffering the consequences.
Just received one of these too while waiting on my Royal Mail number. Are my details compromised if I just click on the link?
No, you would have to submit it on the phishing website that you were taken to.
Disturbing that I had a Royal mail delivery 2 days ago, confirmed by email, then this text. So are they reading my emails?
