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Won a 12 month metro card

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On Instagram I've apparently just "won" this 12 month metro card - that looks like a card with london underground branding via something called "contactcraze today"

They want me to pay 1.78£

Is this legit or too good to be true?
 
It's almost certainly total bollocks. They just want your card details.
I had a text (purportedly) from Evri.

Given that I've just had a four-day palaver with Royal Mail saying that they've attempted delivery on two days when I was sitting at home all day waiting in for the delivery (of a friend's parcel) that never came, I wondered if my friend had also arranged for something else to be delivered that was coming via Evri.

I didn't have any other parcels outstanding, or I might've thought the Evri parcel was mine.

I clicked through, it all looked convincing, none of the usual bad spelling that usually gives fraudsters away. It asked for full name, fine, date of birth, which I thought was a bit odd, not so fine, my Spidey senses were tingling...

...then it asked for a payment of £0.79 to reschedule the delivery, at which point I figured it was a scam and closed the window.

Lots of people will fall for that, because it's a relatively low amount, and they'll think it's a reasonable amount if they missed a delivery.

But like you said, it's the bank/card details they're after.
 
I finally fell for a scam a while back.
Massively inconvenient replacing my debit card.
This morning I got a genuine email from HMRC and I'm still not sure...
Look at the guidance on these pages and contact them by phone if unsure


 
If I'm ever unsure of something being a scam I use a Revolut disposable credit card with a one time use number on it.
That is genuinely interesting . . . obviously a sign of getting even older, things like this appear as little less than witchcraft

I'm still unsure about using my phone to pay for stuff . . . somehow it feels "wrong"
 
I had a text (purportedly) from Evri.

Given that I've just had a four-day palaver with Royal Mail saying that they've attempted delivery on two days when I was sitting at home all day waiting in for the delivery (of a friend's parcel) that never came, I wondered if my friend had also arranged for something else to be delivered that was coming via Evri.

I didn't have any other parcels outstanding, or I might've thought the Evri parcel was mine.

I clicked through, it all looked convincing, none of the usual bad spelling that usually gives fraudsters away. It asked for full name, fine, date of birth, which I thought was a bit odd, not so fine, my Spidey senses were tingling...

...then it asked for a payment of £0.79 to reschedule the delivery, at which point I figured it was a scam and closed the window.

Lots of people will fall for that, because it's a relatively low amount, and they'll think it's a reasonable amount if they missed a delivery.

But like you said, it's the bank/card details they're after.

I've had those 'Evri' texts a few times, I've just reported them everytime.
 
If you aren't sure, then hold your finger over the email address (if you're on a phone) or right click on it if you are on a device and the email address will show up.

If it says something like "toboq23@hotmail" it's probably not legit.
 
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