Post Office scam text warning - how spot fake messages and report them

dailyrecord.co.uk:

People are receiving scam texts from unknown numbers that claim to be the Post Office. These text often have a link that contain viruses, spyware, or ransomware that may be installed onto your mobile phone if you click it.

This scam has been going on for some time now, so many are catching the latest fraud texts out and posting them to Twitter to warn other users.

One user tweeted "Another nasty scam sent as a text message today. Can imagine this would be one people could easily fall for", adding that "it’s @RoyalMail ⁩ who deliver parcels not the Post Office." Another pointed out that "There seem to be a lot of Royal Mail/Post Office scam texts going round again." According to Ofcom, many scam texts have common traits such as: But the dead giveaway is the number that the text comes from.

If you receive a text from Royal Mail the user ID will likely say 'RoyalMail', same goes for other services that scammers pretend to be, like Amazon, TestProtect, and your bank or building society.If you spot a scam text, do not click the link that the text is asking you to click.