A fresh warning has been issued to anybody who has a PayPal account - even if they don't use it much.
An ITV documentary shed light on the spate of scams and rise of vile fraudsters attempting to swindle unwitting victims across the country.
It aired on Thursday evening at 7.30pm on ITV1, BirminghamLive reports.
They're also passing themselves off as workers from PayPal, according to warnings.
But police forces are still urging people to exercise caution and stay vigilant amid a worrying rise in fraudulent text messages and emails.
A Midland Police Community Support Officer (PCSO), Sam Doninton said: "I have had a large number of residents mention scams and/or spam texts that they have been receiving as a real problem."
Dojo has compiled data which may help people avoid falling victim to text scams.
The data looked at the number of Google searches for well-known text scams and discovered how these have become more prevalent over the past couple of months.
Hermes came out on top with the largest search increase, with 880 searches for 'Hermes scam text' in March, up from 120 in February.
Scammers have been asking potential victims to pay a shipping fee to receive their package.
As there have been a growing number of online shopping for their daily goods and clothes, due to Covid, it seems like an obvious choice for scammers.
Second on the list is the British postal service Royal Mail, with an incredible 133k people searching for 'Royal Mail scam text' in March alone.
This delivery service has seen a massive search increase of 610 per cent in the last month, with many scammers trying to impersonate the company to retrieve the details of unsuspecting customers.
The Royal Mail scam tells a similar story to Hermes, with the scammers asking people to pay a shipping fee before their package is delivered.
The Royal Mail website states that similar to telephone, email and online scams, there are also scams that can be sent via the post as well.
Royal Mail urges anyone who believes they may be victim to a scam to avoid clicking any links in communication you're not sure about.
