The dangerously-believable scam emails targeting Australia Post customers asking for ‘shipping costs’ to confirm a delivery – only to steal your credit card details
- Australians have been warned to be aware of a fake Australia Post scam email
- The email uses Australia Post logos and contact numbers and looks very real
- Scamwatch posted a tweet warning Australians to ‘just delete the email’
- They said that the scam email was an attempt to ‘steal your credit card details’
Australians are falling victim to a very realistic scam asks for money in a an email that appears to be from Australia Post.
Scamwatch warned consumers with a copy of the email, that uses real logos and real contact details, asking recipients to pay for a small delivery fee.
‘Scammers are continuing to impersonate Australia Post by claiming you need to pay a small shipping fee for your parcel,’ it said.
Scamwatch warned Australians that the email used real logos and real contact numbers but was just trying to get credit card details
‘The emails may look legitimate with real logos and contact details, but are just an attempt to steal your credit card details. Just delete the email.’
Members of the public replied to the tweet to share similar experiences.
‘I got this, but as a phone message, deleted,’ one wrote.
‘I had the same thing but for paypal,’ another replied.
Australia Post wrote on its website that they were aware of the scam and warned customers to be cautious
Australia Post is aware of the scam and posted on its website warning customers to stay away from the fraudulent email.
This year there were 62,895 scams reported with a financial loss of $63,136,741.
Such scams are more popular due to a surge of online shopping in 2020 with year-on-year online purchases growing 57 per cent.
‘Around four in five households – that’s 9 million – bought something online at some point in the year,’ Australia Post’s website states.