Spins4me Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Sorry, this is a bit long but might save someone from being scammed. Yesterday OH got an unexpected delivery by DHL of an iPhone. Ithad been sent by O2. He hadn't ordered it so rang O2 to tell them. They checked and said it had been ordered fraudulently in his name and he should send it back. They also said their fraud department would be contacting him about it. He'd just got off the phone to O2 when there was a phone call from someone saying they were from DHL. They said they'd mistakenly delivered an item to him and would send someone round to collect it. OH told them that he'd checked with O2 and it was fraudulently ordered and he was sending it back himself. He then decided to contact the police who told him that scam and that he'd done the right thing to tell them and O2. The scammers had got hold of our address, ordered the phone and then tracked its delivery. Once they knew it had been delivered they tried to collect it and it would never have been seen again. Presumably OH would have been liable to pay for it. So I thought that I'd put it on here so that no-one gets caught by this. If anyone else has received an iPhone (or any mobile phone) that they haven't ordered don't be fooled into handing it over to anyone who says they're from the delivery company. Contact the phone company and the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safneo Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thanks for the warning Spins. These scammers get more and more sly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooster Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thanks for the warning - I can't believe how low people will stoop to get something for nothing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlegreensquirrel Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thanks for the warning and really pleased you did not get caught out ( bet loads of people do as its very clever ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Good spot A post office once alerted a similar activity happening in their area with lots and lots of parcels being delivered for one house...it was a similar scam. They are very good, and seems to use the expertise of people on the inside of organisations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico's mum Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Gosh they are getting cleverer aren't they.Can I crosspost this please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spins4me Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Gosh they are getting cleverer aren't they.Can I crosspost this please? Please do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Goodness, that is downright sneaky. Really glad that you spotted what was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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