Delivery scam
Fake parcel / customs fee
An SMS or WhatsApp message says a parcel is stuck unless a small customs fee is paid on a lookalike site.
How Scam Works?
This conversation is invented. It shows the pattern so you can recognise it. It is not a real message, and nothing here should be replied to or paid.
Demonstration
SMS
DTDC-ALERT
Scam message
Parcel held at customs. Pay ₹35 redelivery on the link in the next hour or it returns to the sender.
What you might say
I did not order anything.
Scam message
Sender name is hidden until the fee is paid. Open the link now.
Customs duty is not collected by a random SMS link.