One of the hoax emails.
New Zealand Post has issued a warning about a scam email that tells people they have a parcel waiting for them.
The subject line is either “the courier did not redeem the parcel”, “a delivery man did not deliver the parcel” or “a delivery man wasn’t able bring the parcel [sic]”.
The message says: “A mailman hasn’t bring [sic] your package to the specified home for the reason: nobody was home.”
Those who receive the message are then told to click on a link to “print the package info” to take with them to claim the parcel.
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If they do not do so in the next 30 days, they are told they will be charged $1.61 per hour. But the link takes them to a site that collects their personal details.
An NZ Post spokeswoman said the organisation was aware of the email.
“This a phishing email designed to gather personal information from customers. Our advice to anyone who receives this email is to delete it, and not to click on the link contained in the email. “
NZ Post offers some general tips to help customers avoid scams:
• Banks will never ask for pin numbers or passwords.
• Never send personal sensitive information or credit card numbers via email.
• Never enter your personal details into a website unless you are sure it is genuine.
• Never click on a link in an email if you are unsure about it.
• Never visit your bank’s website via a link – always type in the address.
– Stuff
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