That notification about your ‘parcel’ being held at the post office is a SCAM [Video]

Be wary of texts and emails saying there’s a parcel waiting for you at the post office – it might be an attempt to defraud you.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Dalene Deale, the founder and managing director of BGH Solutions about a recent online scam involving texts or emails about parcels waiting to be collected at the post office.

Listen to the conversation below.

The latest e-commerce scam involves receiving a text message or email asking you to collect a ‘parcel’ at the post office that doesn’t exist.

The text or email will most likely lead you to click on a link to verify personal details and/or pay a release fee for your ‘parcel’ – that’s how fraudsters get your money and your personal details.

Deale says, this request “isn’t normal. It isn’t usually the process.”

Deale reports on stats which show that e-commerce scams increased by 62% and impersonation-fraud grows by 356% year-on-year.

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