Martin Lewis warned viewers over the 'dangerous' Royal Mail scam that is landing on many more people's phones after Lorraine Kelly revealed she'd been targeted.
There have been numerous scams in circulation from people purporting to be from the Royal Mail and presenter Lorraine shared the one, that she and many others had received.
She told money saving expert Martin, who appeared on Wednesday's show via video call from his home: "It's been hideous.
I got one myself, I got a text pretending to be Royal Mail saying that I had owed money on a letter.
“Of course people are falling for it, of course they are.”
The text that Lorraine and many other Brits got got sent to her phone read: “Royal Mail: Your Package Has A £2.99 Shipping Fee. To Pay This Now Please Visit: uk-royal-mail-fees.com action will be taken if you do not pay this fee.”
In the wake of more and more people being targeted, Royal Mail has issued repeated warnings for people to not click on the link as it may lead to you divulging personal information to scammers, including bank details.
A similar text also deployed by scammers reads: "Your Royal Mail parcel is waiting for delivery. Please confirm the settlement of £2.99 (GDP) on the following link.”
And reacting to Lorraine's experience, Martin replied: "Well those postal delivery scam texts that people get are very dangerous because we get so many deliveries during the pandemic.
"Lots of people are falling for that."
Earlier this week, Royal Mail shared screen grabs of scam texts on its website, along with the words: ""These are some typical examples of scams that look like they’re sent by Royal Mail, but are in fact fraud or phishing scams.
"Please don’t click on any of the links in these emails and be vigilant if you receive a communication which you aren’t sure about."
Anyone who is targeted is asked to report it to reportascam@royalmail.com.
