UK Finance is warning online bargain hunters to be wary of scam parcel texts after new data revealed that just over half (55.94%) of all reported "smishing" messages in the final three months of this year have claimed to be from delivery firms.
Huge numbers of parcels are expected by households over the coming days as keen shoppers snap up online deals in the Boxing Day and early January sales.
However, the trade association representing banks and other financial firms, said the number of delivery text scams has more than tripled when compared to the same period in 2020, when 16.37 per cent bogus texts were about parcels.
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