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| DPD phishing scam text received 15 Oct 2021 by local resident |
One of our local residents received the above screenshot this morning (15 Oct 2021). They were indoors and nobody tried to deliver anything. They were not expecting anything.
Do not click on links or attachments in unexpected or suspicious texts or emails.
Report suspicious emails: If you have received an email which you’re not quite sure about, you can report it to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service by forwarding the email to - report@phishing.gov.uk.
Report suspected scam texts which they’ve received but not acted upon to their mobile network provider by forwarding them to 7726, which is free of charge.
You can also report the scam to Action Fraud, the national fraud reporting centre.
For further advice and information on how to deal with suspicious emails and text messages visit https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/suspicious-email-actions