What are the red flags of this scam?

Courier companies never call to say your parcel contains illegal items • You are 'transferred' to a person claiming to be a police officer or CBI official • You are told to pay immediately to prevent arrest or to 'clear the parcel' • Caller knows your name or partial address — data obtained from leaked databases

What should I do if this happened to me?

Hang up — do not engage or confirm personal details • If you are concerned, contact the courier company through their official website or app — not the number the caller gave • Do not pay any 'fine' or 'clearance fee' • Do not share Aadhaar, PAN, bank account details, or OTPs • If you installed any 'support' or 'server' or 'refund app' or remote-access app at the scammer's request (AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Support, etc.), run free SeraphSecure (https://www.seraphsecure.com) to detect and remove it. • Report at https://cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930 (national cyber helpline).

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FedEx or Blue Dart calls about drugs or a fake passport in your parcel

Caller pretends to be a courier company saying a package sent from your address contains contraband. They connect you to a fake police officer demanding payment to avoid arrest.

Also known as: courier parcel scam, FedEx narcotics call, customs drugs parcel fraud, Blue Dart scam

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Call 1930 now

1 Call 1930 — the national cyber-crime helpline — right now. The sooner you report, the better the chance of freezing the money before it moves.
2 Call your bank to freeze the account and block the card immediately. Use the number printed on your card, never a number from the message or caller.
3 File a report at cybercrime.gov.in and keep every message, screenshot, and transaction ID.
! If you installed any "support", "server", "refund", or remote-access app at their request (AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Support, etc.): disconnect the internet now, then run free SeraphSecure (https://www.seraphsecure.com) to detect and remove it.

What to do right now

1 Hang up — do not engage or confirm personal details
2 If you are concerned, contact the courier company through their official website or app — not the number the caller gave
3 Do not pay any 'fine' or 'clearance fee'
4 Do not share Aadhaar, PAN, bank account details, or OTPs
5 If you installed any 'support' or 'server' or 'refund app' or remote-access app at the scammer's request (AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Support, etc.), run free SeraphSecure (https://www.seraphsecure.com) to detect and remove it.
6 Report at https://cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930 (national cyber helpline).

Was remote-access software installed?

If a scammer asked you to install AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Support, or any remote-access app, your device may still be compromised.

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Red flags

⚠ Courier companies never call to say your parcel contains illegal items
⚠ You are 'transferred' to a person claiming to be a police officer or CBI official
⚠ You are told to pay immediately to prevent arrest or to 'clear the parcel'
⚠ Caller knows your name or partial address — data obtained from leaked databases

Known variants

Doorstep parcel OTP fraud: parcel arrives at victim address they never ordered; delivery person asks for OTP to cancel it. Sharing the OTP lets scammers access UPI and banking apps. I4C recorded 14,782 courier-scam FIRs Jan–Mar 2026 with ₹347 crore in losses.

Last seen: 6/13/2026
Fake parcel SMS + phishing portal: bulk SMS claims India Post/DTDC delivery failed, links to a fake courier site harvesting card, CVV and OTP for a small 'rescheduling fee'. Physical variant: real parcel arrives with a QR claiming a lucky-draw prize — QR leads to UPI fraud or APK. I4C flagged QR-UPI as Q1 2026's fastest-growing fraud.

Last seen: 6/13/2026

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What to do right now

Red flags

Known variants

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