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Three variants doing the rounds in south Wales, all asking £1.99 to release a parcel. The £1.99 isn't the point - your card details are.
A sticker over the real code, a convincing payment page, and your card details gone.
A duplicate of a genuine invoice, same wording, different account. Why the second one gets paid.
A few seconds of audio is enough to clone a voice. The defence is a written callback rule.
Fake software renewals and domain invoices land in the same week as the consumer noise.
Attackers read a genuine email thread for weeks before they say anything.
No links to sign in, no payment demands by text, no threats of arrest.
“I'm away until the 19th, contact Sarah” is a gift to someone drafting a fake invoice.
The number matches. The message doesn't. Ring back on the card.
Small businesses paying small businesses, all under time pressure.
Quietly moving supplier mail to a folder you never open. That's how they stay invisible.