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Is this fake delivery-fee text a scam?

Q: Is this fake delivery-fee text a scam?

The safest way to know is to run an instant scam check. Paste the link into Scam Detective and get a 0–100 scam risk score and a plain-English verdict — safe, suspicious, or likely scam — with the top 5 red flags. The preview is free; the full report is $4.99.

Almost certainly. A text saying you have a “missed package”, a parcel “on hold”, or that you must pay a “small delivery fee” or “customs charge” to release it is one of the most common phishing scams running right now. It impersonates USPS, FedEx, UPS, DHL, Royal Mail, Evri or Amazon, and the link leads to a look-alike page that copies the carrier’s branding and asks for a tiny fee plus your card and address.

The fee is bait. These pages exist to harvest your card number and personal details — the dollar or two they ask for is just cover, and the stolen card is used for much bigger fraud afterward. Real carriers don’t text a random link demanding a fee to redeliver a parcel; genuine tracking lives on the carrier’s official site using a tracking number you were given at purchase. Don’t tap the link on your phone. Paste it into the free scan below and see the risk score before you ever open it.

Top 5 red flags

These are the signals to watch for with this delivery-fee / missed-package text. Not sure about a link involved? Our report grades every one and tells you exactly what it found.

1. A “small fee” to release the package

The tiny redelivery or customs charge is there to capture your card details, not to deliver anything.

2. A shortened or look-alike link

URL shorteners and odd domains that are nearly — but not exactly — the carrier’s real site hide a phishing page.

3. You weren’t expecting a package

A vague “you have a parcel” with no order you recognise is a mass-blast text sent to thousands of numbers.

4. Urgency about it being “held” or “returned”

A short deadline to avoid “return to sender” pressures you to click before you check the domain.

5. It asks for card and personal details

A genuine carrier redelivery doesn’t need your full card, billing address and phone on a page reached from an SMS link.

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What to do right now

1Don’t tap the link or pay the fee — paste the link into Scam Detective below instead.

2See the instant 0–100 risk score and verdict, then track any real parcel only on the carrier’s official site with your own tracking number.

3Delete the text and report it as spam/phishing — and never enter card details on a page you reached from a delivery text.

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