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DPD Redelivery Scam

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ixion Sat 20-Mar-21 13:17:13

Can strongly recommend today's BBC 'Click' programme, concentrating on the 1000s of Covid scams over the past year.

(This one involving redirection of your DPD delivery via text - and requesting personal details. In a double whammy, the poor girl was approached by her "Bank's Fraud Division" warning her of the fraudulent request and asking her to transfer the money to another/their account).

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lemsip Sun 21-Mar-21 15:24:33

Thank you for this. Interesting to learn there is a machine that one person sitting at home can use to send 1000s of scam calls to random numbers with one press of a button.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000thg3/click-1089-taking-on-the-covid-scammers

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Whingingmom Sun 21-Mar-21 15:37:41

Thank you for the info and the link. Both very useful.

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Ro60 Sun 21-Mar-21 15:50:34

Yes saw that too. Police closing down 2,500 covid related scams every month!
They(Click) said to forward texts to 7726 (spells spam) which is fraud squad. Then they can investigate.

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lemsip Sun 21-Mar-21 23:25:08

I have sent the link to several family and friends and urged them to watch this.

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