Toss Up scam or not

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Received email yesterday afternoon saying Yodel had tried to deliver a package at 14.05 which I found strange as I had been in since 13.00 so having placed an order with Macc on Thursday with 3-4 day delivery is it a scam or was it my package ? After some detective work checked my ring door bell no alert to back that up reviewed CCTV which proved no one had been to my door so treated the email as you do with a scam.

My package arrived this morning bright and early

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[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

[Dave HalfordParticipant @davehalford22513]

I had that a few weeks ago, the sender had tagged the wrong tracking info to my parcel.

[Martin ConnellyParticipant @martinconnelly55370]

Part of the current problem is that in order to avoid Covid contamination most delivery firms are not putting notes through letterboxes, instead relying on email, SMS etc. Leaves space for the scammers to step into making your yes/no situation understandable. I would expect a genuine email to have some detail regarding the package details that a general scam email would not.

Martin C

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Comments about Yodel aside the chap who delivers to me is OK like this morning it was quite early when he came and I was in the bathroom so I looked through bedroom window tell him I'll be down he said he could get it it the letterbox job done so I returned to making myself presentable

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[Anonymous]

Posted by Harry Wilkes on 22/05/2021 15:11:28:

Received email yesterday afternoon saying Yodel had tried to deliver a package at 14.05 which I found strange as I had been in since 13.00 so having placed an order with Macc on Thursday with 3-4 day delivery is it a scam or was it my package ?

Am I being thick? (no need to answer) but I don't see what the scam would be. What would be the advantage to the scammer?

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Posted by Peter Greene on 22/05/2021 19:12:41:

Posted by Harry Wilkes on 22/05/2021 15:11:28:

Received email yesterday afternoon saying Yodel had tried to deliver a package at 14.05 which I found strange as I had been in since 13.00 so having placed an order with Macc on Thursday with 3-4 day delivery is it a scam or was it my package ?

Am I being thick? (no need to answer) but I don't see what the scam would be. What would be the advantage to the scammer?

Presumably, were one to respond, the opportunity to scam the individual is clearly a possibility.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Peter Greene on 22/05/2021 19:12:41:

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… but I don't see what the scam would be. What would be the advantage to the scammer?

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The link that I posted on the other thread, this morning [to the Wired article] describes one scenario:

**LINK**

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=172983&p=1

That was SMS based … but the scammer scum will try anything.

MichaelG.

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P.S. __ https://www.yodel.co.uk/privacy-cookies-policy/fraud

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 22/05/2021 20:15:06

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

It was probably a genuine mistake as Dave Halford thinks.

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