Cunning scammers have been concentrating on unsuspecting victims with faux messages purporting to be from An Post.
Gardai have warned that the “customs fee” textual content message rip-off is doing the rounds as soon as once more.
The con entails the sufferer getting a textual content saying they should pay a small amount of cash to launch a parcel that’s being held at customs.
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A garda spokesperson mentioned: “Many of us regularly shop online nowadays and this text is sent in the hope that whoever receives it is awaiting a delivery of some sort and because the fee is so low that they will pay it.”
But the purpose of the scammers is to acquire your debit/bank card particulars.
Here is how one can defend your self from this kind of fraud:
• Do not reply to unsolicited textual content messages and don’t click on on any hyperlinks contained in them.
• Do not present any private/monetary particulars.
• Delete the message.
(Image: Meath Crime Prevention/Facebook)
• If you might have fallen sufferer to this rip-off, alert your monetary establishment at once and report the matter to Gardaí.
• Please advise aged/susceptible relations and mates in relation to this rip-off.
An Post says they may by no means:
• Call, electronic mail, or textual content asking to your checking account or card particulars, person ID, PIN, or web password.
• Charge you a price to have your parcel delivered.
• Send messages that comprise any hyperlinks when contacting you concerning the cost of Customs Charges.
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