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The 12 scams of Christmas: Parcel delivery scams
With the festive season nearly upon us, ‘tis the season for online scams.
The Financial and Cyber Crime Group are reminding Queenslanders to be aware of Grinch-like scammers and be sure to stay alert to scams, such as parcel delivery scams.
A type of phishing and fake website scam, where scammers use the name and branding of well-known delivery companies, to send fake ‘missed delivery’ notices to potential victims.
These can even appear in the same message stream as legitimate company messages as scammers can ‘spoof’ phone numbers.
Always think and check before you click a link.
Detective Inspector Vince Byrnes from the Financial and Cyber Crime Group said most of us expect parcels at this time of the year.
“Be careful…
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