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Parcel delivery calls
135 community reports tagged Parcel delivery across 102 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Parcel delivery are spiking: 5 reports in the last 7 days, against a usual 1.8 reports a week. Take extra care with calls like these right now.
When people report it
Monday is the busiest day for these reports, and 55% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
93% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Delivery Scam (Royal Mail, DPD, etc).
Numbers used
Reports tagged Parcel delivery cover 102 different numbers. 14 of them were first reported in the last 30 days, so a number you have not seen before can still be part of the same pattern.
Reports over time
Reports per day over the last 30 days. Reports per week over the last 12 weeks. Red weeks had at least double the usual volume. Reports per month over the last year.
How people rate these calls
- Spam 75 · 56%
- Suspicious 50 · 37%
- Unknown 4 · 3%
- Safe 6 · 4%
Most common call type: Delivery Scam (Royal Mail, DPD, etc)
Busiest days
All reports by the day they were submitted.
Time of day
When reports are submitted, UK time.
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Night 12am to 6am 4
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Morning 6am to 12pm 30
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 74
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Evening 6pm to 12am 27
Latest reports
"Said I had a parcel they had been trying to deliver and offered me a message in Mandarin!"
"Fake delivery notification - said attempted delivery was unsuccessful and asked me to book a redelivery at a fake site (evr-19a3052 dot com)"
"Asked for payment for a parcel ."
"Asked for payment for a parcel. Scammer is scraping gumtree and or freecycle and is then using AI to ask for payment for Parcel2Go."
"Recorded message stating problems with delivery, press 1. I hung up as I am not expecting a delivery ?????"
"Delivery notification for expected item"
"Claimed customs fee needed . Ask me to call the number and call dropped"
"Sent link to track package, fake delivery notification. Pretending to be relay , WhatsApp meta verified"
"Fake delivery notification . Claimed a fake parcel company (spoof on parcels2go) needed my card details in order for him to make a payment for an item I advertised on gumtree and for the parcel companhy to pick up the item."
"Sent link to track package which they claimed was a gold repository but is a Sainsbury Supermarket Inpost box. I was supposed to send a 50g gold bar to their for attention of a Martin Collins at the supposed vault."
"They claimed to be from Amazon telling me my delivery of an iphone17 would be here tomorrow"
"Asked for payment for a parcel wanted bank details before they will release an parcels wanted me to connect to there computer using TeamViewer and any desk don't answer"
"call twice and robot Chinese voice telling me that I got parcel over 2 days not sign. My account will be locked. press one for English and two for Chinese. 100% scam"
"I had placed an ad on Gumtree, almost immediately received an SMS text response offering to book a Parcel2Go collection and buy unseen. Buyer claimed they were too tied-up to do cash or to come in person. "All will be arranged same day at no risk to you". Something didn't feel right so checked using AI, it immediately told me that this is a common fake/overpayment scam."
"Called multiple times a day advising had a parcel and wanted to know if I was home"
"Sent link to track package and claim within 8 days. Asked for payment for a parcel of Β£1.99"
"Didn't verify their identity voice message "delivery confirmed" No further detail. not expecting any delivery."
"Fake delivery notification said that they could not deliver because the name of the street was not clear and go follow the link to rearrange delivery"
"They claimed to be from DPD with an undeliverable parcel and give you a fraudulent link to rearrange, etc."
"Not expecting a DPD delivery but this came by SMS. Very generic with no details to id parcel. Think it is a scam."
"Claimed to be from Amazon delivery support"
"Wanted to buy a bike i had advertised. Asked for postcode so he could get parcel2go to collect . he wanted to buy a bike without looking at it,didn't haggle on price just wanted my postcode to organise a courier. Told him that it sounded like he was going to rip me off. I didn't give postcode. He didn't reply."
"They claimed to be from Evri, claiming they'd been unable to deliver a parcel (not expecting a parcel) and gave a link to 'book a new slot'"