DHL Scam? .........

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 14:04

I have had several emails purporting to be from DHL saying i have a parcel to be delivered to me and asking for my details but no one has sent me anything nor have i placed an order any where. A scam do you think?

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 14:07

Hi Deniz, I keep getting those emails also. I beleive it is a scam xx

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 14:10

I have had some from them too Deniz1 , also had one from Facebook a few days ago saying my password had been changed !!!

Simbas

mysalon99


Joined: 11/05/2011
Posts: 3

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 14:10

Sounds like it (a scam I mean). A call to DHL should clear it up quickly.

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 14:15

Thanks guys here we go again !

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 14:18

It's definitely a scam. Did they say what was in the parcel? )

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 14:19

Yes it is a scam look at the link



http://www.scam-detectives.co.uk/blog/2010/01/19/dhl-failed-delivery/



There are several different versions if you Google "DHL scam"

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 14:32

DHL is a scam, UPS deliveries are a scam, many supposed Facebook messages are scams You know whether you have requested something to be delivered to you or not. Don't open them, just delete them. If you open them you could unload a whole load of problems for yourself.



There are also a series of long Email messages purporting to come from "tragic cases" in Libya, Nigeria, and Kenya doing the rounds. Just dump them, regardless of how pleading and sorrowful they may appear.



Tango1

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 14:44

This comes up time and again,the answer is:-if you do not know the sender , don`t open it

basheer



Joined: 22/12/2008
Posts: 949

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 14:56

I got one and as a matter of fact I was expecting one so took no notice and opened it

guess what when I opened the link

a sudden alert saying spy ware had taken place and no matter what i did i was no longer in control of my laptop even after restoring back to the last one

I had to pay off hand £50 approx to have the laptop restored which then stated i am protected for one year!!!

even though I had norton anti virus etc later my visa showed a payment to Abejhan sorry for the spelling

but any one wants i will provide more details and someone will know if i paid a spam mail

funny because my wife in the same week opened her mail box from supposedly a known person and bingo same thing another £50 is spyware a extra cost to our norton or mcfee anti virus?

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 15:48

They automatically go into my spam box so i hope i am safe i just delete them.

nostradamus


Joined: 15/04/2008
Posts: 557

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 16:25

From my dealings with DHL you can guarantee that any message from them saying that a package has arrived is a scam! From past experience, DHL Lefkosa need to be telephoned on numerous occasions before anybody ever admits to having your damned package.

raidercruise


Joined: 07/06/2010
Posts: 237

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 16:36

Be careful..I am One of their victims. A man came to my place and said you got a parcel waiting in DHL. that much money required. Should we brought it over for you. they took 75 TL from me and never came back.



After couple of months Police caught that man..but released later on as he was Cypriot. Mental failure.

Pippie


Joined: 02/12/2009
Posts: 1288

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 16:41

Not just in the name of DHL, I've been getting from UPS for ages and the other day from some company with no name, just saying Parcelpost delivery on the e-mail. Warning, don't open up any attachment, just delete straight away or send to spam.

YFred


Joined: 06/05/2009
Posts: 1471

Message Posted:
11/05/2011 17:13

I've had a few too. It is a scam. Delivery people do not email anybody, they just deliver.