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  • 05-02-2020 05:52PM
    #1
    Asus X540L
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭


    Got a text to my phone.
    Told me there's an item in the depot for me that needs delivering.

    I get a lot of these types of message so didn't think much of it.

    Then I click the link and the first thing that struck me was that it was a blogspot address.
    Bit worrying they have my mobile number
    Then it says I have to pay 2 euro to get it delivered!
    I didn't click on the payment link.

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Comments

  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    It's going around for some time.


  • #3
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,415 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Seems pretty dodgy to me but it's an almighty coincidence as I'm awaiting a package to be delivered to a parcel provider around now from Hong Kong.

    I got a text message with the text
    Parcel: xxxxxxxxxxcc to 35387nnnnnnn is pending at distribution center. Track your parcel now: http://www.ht7.biz/s/3pbynv/bub
    with a number and my phone number.

    Link brings me to the url in the subject and asks for a fee of €2 to release it. It's not the crowd I'm having it delivered to but like I said it's a huge coincidence.

    I never get spam texts so I'm pretty suspicious someone involved is pulling a fast one. But like I said, it's likely to be just an amazing coincidence.


  • #4
    ASOT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,781 ✭✭✭ASOT


    It's a scam


  • #5
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,415 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Yeah, but I've never heard of this one. ****ers could have struck gold with someone in my position who's awaiting a parcel from a distribution centre and just entered their details assuming it's legit


  • #6
    Kamili
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Kamili


    I got the same text - I'm pretty sure its a scam


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  • #7
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,072 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Yeah, but I've never heard of this one. ****ers could have struck gold with someone in my position who's awaiting a parcel from a distribution centre and just entered their details assuming it's legit

    that is the whole idea.


  • #8
    seagull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭seagull


    They don't have your mobile number. They just use a number generator and fire off thousands of messages in the hopes that they get enough valid ones and a few that bite.


  • #9
    whiterebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,553 ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Mod: moving to Consumer issues to be merged with the thread already on the go there.


  • #10
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,978 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    seagull wrote: »
    They don't have your mobile number. They just use a number generator and fire off thousands of messages in the hopes that they get enough valid ones and a few that bite.

    They do now ...

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #11
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    "has no been paid".

    Bloody Scots.


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  • #12
    BeardySi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,708 ✭✭✭BeardySi


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Yeah, but I've never heard of this one. ****ers could have struck gold with someone in my position who's awaiting a parcel from a distribution centre and just entered their details assuming it's legit

    Thousands of people are waiting for parcels every day. They just shotgun these out to a rake of random numbers and sooner or later they'll land someone who's waiting for a parcel and gullible enough to fall for it...


  • #13
    TheChizler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,545 ✭✭✭TheChizler


    Got the same one last week. Report it to Blogspot and Google directly through Chrome feedback and hopefully it'll be taken down or blocked in Chrome.


  • #14
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,415 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    I reported it via Google too.


  • #15
    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,030 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    Received this last week too. I was awaiting something from the job but thought it looked suspicious. Looked again and the link appears to be dead.


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