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+353 89 XXX 4521Text message · Today 09:14

An Post: your parcel is on hold. A €1.99 fee is due. Pay within 24 hours at anpost-ie.help/pay

Three tells

  1. A small fee, so you don't think twice
  2. A deadline to rush you
  3. The link isn't anpost.com

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Scam of the week · Delivery

The "delivery attempt failed" text that isn't from DPD

It looks routine: a missed parcel, a link to update your address. There is no parcel, and the link is not DPD's. Here is how to tell, and what to do if you have already tapped it.

Sent in by a reader, 28 Oct 2026

Read the tells

Text message · from a +39 number

DPD: We could not deliver your parcel today. Update your address: dpd.ie-0401.top

  • The address is ie-0401.top, not dpd.ie
  • A link to "update your address"
  • An Irish delivery, from an Italian number
CCPCSep 2026Fake giveaways: a free prize for a small "postage" feeSocial media posts impersonating Dublin Zoo offer free gifts or back-to-school packs for €2-€3 postage. Never pay money to claim a prize or give out card details.Central Bank of IrelandSep 2026"Davy Unlimited" clone investment firmA clone of the authorised Dublin firm J&E Davy Unlimited Company, offering investment and crypto-asset services it is not authorised to provide.An PostOngoingThe €1.99 parcel textA "fee due" text with a link that is not anpost.com. The delivery-fee pattern the DPD text copies, with its three tells.

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