DPD parcel.

That's weird - you can normally do that on the website.

Weird. I?ve always found that DPD are virtually falling over themselves to offer you as many ways of rescheduling a deliver as possible (short of semaphore and carrier pigeon).

SMS, email, web portal, phone etc.

Would I be right in thinking you didn?t leave a mobile number with whoever you ordered from? Not sure why that should affect web based solutions but I always get heaps of texts and emails with helpful links to reschedule.

Definitely my favourite delivery company by a long chalk.

Tim

Link to the download?

How's your anti-virus?

You said you don't follow links, maybe you should this one ...

Oh dear, sounds like Dave may have been hoodwinked.

I do have to wonder why he wasn?t more suspicious of a requirement for software to open a link. Would have set my alarm bells ringing.

Tim

HAL 9000: Just what do you think you're doing Dave?

I think it's some stuff I ordered from Ebay which said UK based but is actually coming from China. Given it was ordered up before Xmas. So all they likely have is my email address.

All I did was click on the link they provided in their email. This is what they sent:-

Your order was due for delivery on March 05, 2018 On the morning of March 05, 2018 we attempted to deliver your parcel. Unfortunately we were unable to complete the delivery as no one was available to sign for your parcel. Please ensure that someone is available to sign for your delivery Your parcel is now safely at our depot. You can choose to pick up your parcel at your local depot or rearrange delivery.If choose the redelivery option of your item and you'll be out, it's not a problem: you have a range of 'in-flight' options such as changing your delivery date, collecting from your nearest DPD Pickup Shop, asking us to deliver to your preferred neighbour or arranging to have your order delivered to a safe place at your address. Just click below to choose: Find My Parcel Thank you for choosing DPD.

No mention of a consignment number, and clicking on the link got to a page where the only option was to download a form to arrange for re-delivery or collection in person. Which has no functionality if opened with Open Office - and says you have to use Microsoft Office, which I don't have.

I've no experience of them. But most post a card giving details of how to collect or whatever, if you're out. And most also send you an email giving a window when it will be delivered. Before attempting it.

I've messaged them via their site. They don't appear to have a free phone number.

Rather obviously not. If they had succeeded, I'd be posting a warning.

The URL to the download page looked far more genuine than the norm for phishing attempts.

Are you saying that virus will effect a RISC OS computer? ;-)

Yes, its a Remoan trait.

Anyone of modest knowledgable would know that Word can contain trojans.

Usually the link is another clue.

Like ARM? Most definitely yes.

Why? I don't use or need Word for anything.

And it looks like I'm wise not to.

Stick to discussing Word. More your forte.

You still seem to think its genuine. Sending out links to office documents is NOT DPDs method of operation.

Suspicious.

Very suspicious.

Exceedingly suspicious.

That?s how DPD work with the addition of regular SMS messages confirming delivery time and rescheduling options.

Tim

That could be seen as discrimination. many people use google Docs and have no office suite on their machines and what about people using tablets? Brian

I had a message from one carrier asking me to use some function on my I phone to scan something or other, however I don't have a smart phone so ended up talking to some chimp at their office who sounded like he had just arrived from Latvia with three words of English.

Brian

Equal viruses for all ...

Aye and there's the rub. As they say.

Compared with more numerous Paypal scams, you might think that something like this would be a waste of a perfectly good, if illicitly obtained, mailing list.

However, as in this case quite possibly at least 1 out of

So that in fact given this approach looks rather more innoucuous than an email from Paypal - simply concerning a parcel rather than a financial transaction of some kind it seems to have every prospect of success

michael adams

• You might also expect them to have, and to make reference to in the email, the mailing address which was the subject of the failed delivery