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Local Evri Parcelshop Text Scam Parcel Payment Fee

I’ve just received a text message stating my Evri parcel needs an extra £1.45 to pay. Normally I would ignore these things as I see so many of them, but I had just sent a parcel via my local Evri drop-off shop. Although I thought it could be a scam, I still wondered if I’d paid the wrong amount and so pressed the link just in case it was real, and it took me to a very well-made Evri-looking website with a tracking number! All I had to do was continue and pay. Obviously, I checked the tracking number I have on the genuine Evri website and of course, no issues.

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It just still amazes me the trouble that these scammers go to, and the thousands of people who probably sadly do press that link and pay. It’s such a small amount, but if a few thousand people think it’s real, that’s a few thousand pounds in their pockets very quickly.

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