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Delivery scam numbers

Fake courier, parcel-pickup and KYC-failed delivery callers asking for OTPs, payment links or remote-access apps.

Reported numbers in this category

Aggregated from anonymous community reports. Numbers rotate as scammers acquire new SIMs.

Editorial pattern analysis

Delivery scam numbers: 12 active numbers with 101 community reports

This is a live view of delivery scam numbers on PhoneLookup. The 12 numbers listed below have crossed our community-evidence threshold — no thin, single-search pages are included. Reporters are most active in India, United States, Unknown, with 72 fraud-category reports and 28 spam / telemarketing reports counted across the set.

  • Geography: reports cluster in India, United States, Unknown. Scam operations in this category typically rotate SIMs every few days but keep the script and prefix range stable, so pattern-matching by category outlasts any single number.
  • Financial impact: 72 reports in this category cite fraud subtypes (bank / loan / delivery / investment / job / WhatsApp). File at cybercrime.gov.in within the first hour if money has moved.
  • Volume signal: 28 spam / telemarketing reports indicate high-frequency outbound campaigns — a DND registration at 1909 reduces the legitimate share of this traffic.

Most reported numbers right now

What this category covers

Delivery scams ride on the booming e-commerce volume of Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho, Myntra, BlueDart, Delhivery and India Post. Because most consumers are genuinely waiting on a package every week, a call claiming “your parcel needs an address confirmation” slips past natural scepticism. The caller then offers a refund link, an OTP “to release the parcel”, or a small ₹1 — ₹5 “reactivation payment” — each of which is a doorway to draining your bank account or installing remote-control malware.

A newer variant, particularly aggressive since late 2024, claims a parcel sent in your name was intercepted with prohibited contents (drugs, foreign currency, fake passports) and patches the call to a fake police / customs / narcotics officer. This morphs into the “digital arrest” scam and can cost victims tens of lakhs in a single afternoon.

Red flags

  • A call about a parcel you do not remember ordering.
  • An OTP being requested “to complete delivery” — couriers never need an inbound OTP from your bank or wallet.
  • A WhatsApp link to a tracking page that asks you to log in to your bank.
  • A small refund (e.g. ₹1) that asks you to enter your UPI PIN — entering a PIN debits, not credits.
  • A transfer to a “Mumbai cybercrime cell” or “Customs officer” after the courier call.

What to do

  1. Hang up. If a real delivery is pending, the courier has your address on the AWB and will simply attempt delivery.
  2. Log in to the e-commerce app directly and check the order status — never click a link sent over SMS or WhatsApp.
  3. If you have entered any OTP or installed any remote-access app, immediately switch off mobile data and Wi-Fi, then call your bank from a different phone.
  4. Report the number to PhoneLookup so the next person hears about it.

Real-world examples

Re-attempted delivery with ₹1 reactivation

A caller from “India Post” says your parcel could not be delivered and needs a ₹1 reactivation paid through a UPI link. The link is a collect request, not a payment — approving it withdraws money from your account.

Parcel with prohibited contents

Caller from “FedEx Mumbai” says a parcel under your Aadhaar number was intercepted with MDMA bound for Taipei, and that Mumbai Crime Branch will speak to you in 30 seconds. The next caller pretends to be police and orchestrates a multi-hour ‘digital arrest’ ending in a transfer to a ‘safe RBI account’.

Official helplines & portals

  • Verify a courier: Look up the official customer-care number from the e-commerce app, not Google search results — sponsored results often link to fake helplines.
  • 1930 Cyber Helpline: Within the first hour of any money movement.
  • cybercrime.gov.in: File the formal complaint with full evidence.

Frequently asked questions

Will a real courier ask for an OTP?

Almost never. The only OTP genuine couriers may ask for is the delivery OTP your e-commerce app shows you on the order page — read out only by the delivery executive standing at your door. A phone caller asking for an OTP is a scammer.

I clicked a refund link and entered my UPI PIN. What now?

Treat your account as compromised. Call your bank’s 24x7 fraud helpline (the number on the back of your debit card), block the UPI handle, and file a 1930 complaint immediately.

Related help & guides

See our guides on reporting a fraud number, spotting bank-call scams, the 1930 cybercrime helpline and DND registration. Browse all categories or read the latest scam analysis on our blog.