Monday 10 October 2022

Fake shipping delivery scam text - how to check and report



screenshot of fake shipping delivery scam text received by a borough resident

Reported the text message and number to 7726


A quick Check of 
fake url

the above fake url at Check a website [Disclaimer.]

fake url check at https://check.getsafeonline.org/

reveals 
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not to be safe.

And a quick check of this suspect URL for malicious or phishing scam via
virustotal.com at

fake url check at https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/url

reveals 
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a malicious site.

Suspicious text messages should be forwarded to the number 7726 which is free of charge. Reported and sent above to this number.

Needless to say do no click on links that turn out of the blue. Take time to research and check out this blog for advice and further information on similar scams.

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