Scam. Coincidence or worse?

More on yesterday's parcel missing..
Webchat with DPD and had a call this am from a manager - nice chap, explained they're pretty hot on sorting things and usually get it done within 3-5 days. Also told me that (as I hoped) their delivery pics have GPS metadata.
He claimed parcel was with my neighbour. Now the nearest neighbour to the East is 250yds but to the West we're looking at 1 mile by crow - further by land. I asked if this was West or East which confused him - he decided East. I've been there and know those folks well - no sign of parcel and no possibility from the limited pic that it could be there - had a chat and apologised for early Sunday wake-up.
Back to DPD - as you'd guess they won't share the GPS coordinates so down to them to find and re-deliver or refund seller - darned nuisance when we're are all now dependant on mobile phones.
Yes, I’ve also been onto the seller which is a robot until after the w/e.
Reality of all this modern automation is how much more time everyone wastes getting anything done.

pgk

7 Don't forget to do a daily antivirus scan - very effective!

8. Possible dodgy emails from unknown senders - "if in doubt, chuck it out!"

9. Main principle, you go to a site for something that you want. Don't click on sites that approach you.

10. It’s not paranoia when they're out to get you.

pgk

Oh! yes it is........

If you get a question from an unknown contact never answer yes. They record it and can use it to claim you agreed to something that costs you money, after all they recorded you saying yes when asked if you wanted to sign up. Asking a question that may get yes as an answer sounds very innocent to the unwary.

Martin C

The methods have changed over the years and I think there are far fewer real cold-call sales and far more fraudulent ones now - maybe the former dissuaded by the latter.

If someone tried to sell me something over the phone - typically a phone company wanting me to change to it - I would insist to the caller that I want all the information he or she has given me, the T&Cs and the contract forms, in writing, before I decide whether to take their "offer". They didn't like that; perhaps thinking I was calling them liars. Maybe they were genuine, a decade or more ago, maybe they were liars - these days far more likely the latter.