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BOB 2
Posted: 13 November 2020 11:58:23(UTC)
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when checking my emails this morning found this from ROYAL MAIL

We attempted to deliver your package at 10:55

RoyalMail Delivery <info@kreativinformatika.hu>
To: (address removed )com;
12/11/20 12:18
1
Royal Mail
Unsuccessful delivery attempt


Package from: HM Revenue & Customs
Package type: Large letter
Delivery date & time: Thursday, 12 November 2020 10:55

We attempted to deliver your package at 10:55 on Thursday, 12 November 2020 but no one was available.

Your parcel was returned to our depot and you need to reschedule your package delivery.

Please reschedule your package delivery by pressing 'Reschedule Now' and one of our drivers will attempt to deliver your package.

Reschedule Now


Thank you,
The Royal Mail Team


This is an automatically generated email, please do not reply to it.



Copyright 2020. All rights reserved.
Royal Mail is a trading name of Royal Mail Group Ltd. Registered in England and Wales. Registered number 4138203.
Registered Office: Victoria Embankment, LONDON EC4Y 0HQ. VAT Registration Number GB 243 1700 02.

me bob . 1 i was in yesterday 2 the post office always leave a card if they can't deliver so i rang
my local sorting office and they said your the second person today with this query it is a scam get delete it
i do not know what would have come up if i had clicked Reschedule Now
so be aware of ROYAL MAIL unsuccessful delivery attempt emails
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Tony Peterson
Posted: 13 November 2020 12:20:42(UTC)
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The sender giving a Hungarian email address might have been a clue
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anglo29
Posted: 15 November 2020 17:03:27(UTC)
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This is a long running scam that resurfaces every so often . Never click on any link, the Post Office have a facility to report these scams on their site, which I've done in the past when I've received similar scam attempts.
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Alan Selwood
Posted: 15 November 2020 17:37:25(UTC)
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This is similar to the emails I get occasionally from someone among my group of University friends from way back, with the subject line including a link to a foreign and unknown website. I knew it was fishy, so emailed the first one whose email name had probably been subverted to ask them if I'd been sent an email by them in the last couple of days...
Answer came back 'No', so I knew that my suspicions were well-founded and deleted that dodgy email, and all others like it from that same group of friends. I still don't know how the villains harvested the email addresses from that very small number of people.......
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anglo29
Posted: 16 November 2020 08:22:05(UTC)
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Alan Selwood;137580 wrote:

Answer came back 'No', so I knew that my suspicions were well-founded and deleted that dodgy email, and all others like it from that same group of friends. I still don't know how the villains harvested the email addresses from that very small number of people.......



An examination of the major companies that provide essential services (telephone etc ) to your household, that years ago transferred their customer services to India, might provide the answer for you.
These companies generally collect your payments by direct debit, and will have all your bank/email details.etc.

Of course, when contacted these companies will hotly deny there is any "problem" with their Indian Call Centres, yet a thorough TV documentary a while ago revealed widespread corruption within these call centres, including the selling of customer's personal details to criminal gangs operating scams both online and over the phone.

Despite the "hot denials" expressed upon contacting the company's HQ's in this country, at least one major provider of utilities is reportedly quietly transferring it's call centre back to the UK.
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andy mac
Posted: 16 November 2020 08:36:37(UTC)
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Good to see you posting Alan
A few years ago I was getting pestered by phonecalls so I went on the offensive
Firstly ask to speak to the complance officer
Some hung up some said they didnt have one but some complied
As there had been a misspelling on some of the information it was relatively easy to sort it out and this covered mail as well
Experian was one of the companies and they were extremely helpful in tell me the sources they had and who they had supplied details to
The significant point they made was dont just ask to be taken off but to be suppresed
The reason is if taken off you can be put back on where as being surpressed meant that you would not be added again
Result virtually no junk mail or calls apart from those using directories
I ended up with contacts with 32 companies who were selling my details

I also now often put a mis type in my details when providing derails for instance a , or accent or rod rather than road
These all help to weed them out
Similarly with emails I use a very general email address in lots of contacts but very specific ones for certain situations
Of course you then have leaks like BA or one which we found funny Bletchley park
And yes we have had credit cards details used easily sorted but no one every replied had they sent anyone to the delivery address being used to get the 6 ipads back

Some are very good and make you think so yes dont just click on anything that pops in to your inbox
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AnthonyL
Posted: 16 November 2020 09:58:30(UTC)
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All email users should aware of how to access the headers. Even if you don't understand them they can be posted into a system that does.

But additionally there is now a National Security organisation and scam/suspicious email can so easily be forwarded to them which allows them to pick up patterns and take early action.

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/...eport-suspicious-emails

Simply forward the email to report@phishing.gov.uk

No complicated details to enter as when reporting to an ISP, just forward it to the above address.

Note that both the website and email end in .gov.uk (before any / etc).
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