If you get a text message purporting to be from Royal Mail, treat that thing with extreme caution.
In recent weeks, a rising number of people in the UK have reported receiving suspicious, fraudulent texts posing as the British postal service, which advise that a “settlement” or “shipping fee” will need to be paid in order to receive a package. The message includes a link to a legitimate-seeming website which then asks for personal details, including bank details, so the payment can be taken.
Here are two examples of the type of messages going round, in screenshots taken by Mashable. In classic phishing form (in which scammers trick you into handing over personal information via email or text), you’ll notice red flags like a request for immediate payment with deadline, and the unofficial-looking URL with random dashes and extra words before the .com. Read more…
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