Watch out for additional postal charge scam

Beware of text or email messages about delivery charges of additional postage payments.

These alerts could be scams police have warned in the #LincolnshireAgainstFraud campaign.

“The message will state that there is an outstanding delivery charge, an additional postage payment or a missed delivery reschedule charge at a small fee. There will be a link to click on where you are directed to pay the fee, thereby giving the criminals your bank details,” explained a police spokesperson.

Be on you guard against these scams by:

• keeping track of recent orders including receipts / confirmation emails for online purchases;
• not clicking on the link within the message - go to the Retailers actual website and check on the status of a delivery;
• remembering if a message is asking for money or personal or financial information in exchange for a package it is likely to be fraud; 
• assuming the link given is a scam.