Scam warning

I have had 3 scam text messages in the last fortnight. The first one informing me that "Simon had tried to deliver parcel but there was no one in". There was a link attached to email to "arrange another delivery time". My internal alert was up because I was not expecting a parcel and if anyone comes to my home, even people she knows, my dog barks loudly so i knew it was a scam. I reported the message as spam.

The next message was supposedly from NHS Covid Track and Trace but recognised immediately it was a scam.

The next message was supposedly from Hermes. I knew that the company name is now Evri so suspicions were up. At that time I was expecting a parcel but could not remember the delivery method. I checked the purchase company's website and discovered that this company use Royal Mail. Another scam reported.

When I next order anything online, I will check the delivery method and make a note of it.

My vigilance has backfired on me as I once deleted a message from my local surgery. As soon as I pressed delete, I realised it was a message regarding an physio appointment I had been waiting for. Oops! A phone call rectified the situation.

These scammers make me fume. It is good to share our experiences so we can be extra vigilant.

Thank you for the heads ups,just shows how THICK some of these scammers are.
If they had tried a few months back,they MIGHT have been a more successfull with the scam.
Keep the info coming on ANY scams you think might be a scam,its your very hard earned money you might have spent FIFTY years building up.They can take it away in just few seconds and clicks.

I received mine a couple of weeks ago. As I knew they’d stopped issuing these texts I googled it and of course it’s a scam. I hope nobody has fallen for it.

I too had same text today. Normally I don’t go anywhere but this week I had a mammogram, a dental appointment and a hygienist appointment all on the same day. I did a search and saw this is a scam. My text came from “nhs-uk health department”.

I had the same one today. As I went to Dentist on Tuesday presumed it was because of that. When they said postage 99p alarm bells rang so googled NHS website and realised it was a scam as no one is being contacted now.