Parcel customs-fee text

A text says a parcel is held until you pay a small customs or redelivery fee through a link. The small fee is bait: the real goal is your card details.

What it looks like

SMS · Parcel service

Your parcel is held at customs. Pay the $1.99 fee within 24h or it will be returned: [link]

How it usually ends

The $1.99 was a test. The card details were sold and used for larger purchases within days.

Red flags

Link domain registered this week
Sender ID spoofed
Thousands of identical texts today

What to do

Track deliveries only in the retailer’s or courier’s own app.
Report scam texts to your carrier, then delete them.
If you entered card details, call your bank to block the card.

Could you spot it in the moment?

In Painted Sky you’re born at random somewhere on Earth and live a whole life — and this scam is one of the fakes that can find you. Make the call yourself, then replay the same life with a lens that shows what was fake.

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