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Off Topic, UPS Parcel delivery

Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
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I'm having problems with a delivery from UPS. They sent an email telling me they want a signature for delivery and to 'sign here'. I am somewhat reluctant to do this in advance.
Anybody know if this is extra security so the delivery driver compares the two signatures?
North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2023
    Sounds like one of the many scams. I’ve never had to do that with a UPS delivery. I would contact the sender if I were you. 
    Definitely do not sign for delivery in advance 😱

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Have a close look at the email address @Lizzie27.

    I wouldn't respond unless you are absolutely certain that a. it is UPS and b. You are expecting a parcel from them.
    Even if that's so, l would not respond to the email but go through the website. 
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    We've checked the email address which seems to be authentic. Canon sent me an email saying order had been dispatched and giving me a tracking link which takes me straight through to the UPS site. Just says, 'Label done on the 14th July.  Order was 12th July - 5-8 days standard. We're out and about quite a lot so don't want to miss it.

    Will just have to sit and wait.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    Is there anything about signing in advance on the UPS tracking site that Canon sends you to? If not, you've got your answer. 
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    Also, to check the email address, don't just look at it. Hover over it or click on it - it'll often take you to a quite different address which is more obviously dodgy. 
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That is what UPS do if it’s an expensive item. Check the email address first though. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Looked it up the email is to be signed so you know it’s coming,  it’s not a signature to say you’ve received it. 
    Does it look like this?



    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @Lyn, thanks for that link. I've read through it, what a palaver though! I don't want to set up yet another account with more passwords etc with yet another company. I'm getting sick of having to do it each time. All I want to know is the anticipated delivery date so I can arrange to be in!

    @LG_, we checked the email address as advised earlier buy copying and pasting it into Google. It seems to be genuine as far as I can tell.

    Almost makes you want to go to Curry's!!!

    Thanks for the advice everyone.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    The thing is that the email address can just be a text link to a different address so it depends what you copies and pasted - the text or the link. 

    Anyway, it sounds like Lyn has it sussed so the above doesn't matter.

    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Just had another email, parcel apparently been re-scheduled and is due for delivery tomorrow. Haven't asked me to sign for it in advance. Will wait and see.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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