There is plenty of scams knocking about now and if you are one to regularly get packages like me it seems like an easy target for scammers be it coincidental or not these scams are getting better all the time and catching people out and even some high profile individuals have took to the press here which was a silly move in my eyes they should know better.
When it comes to scams they are with all courier companies and in the form of looking for some form of payment such as customs fees and they do have tell tale signs from the offset such as a bad URL and incorrect spelling in the text itself.. See below what the situation is with the UPS customs fee scam is.
In all cases if you do get an sms or email and not sure you can always check if these are real or fake by checking the tracking code with the courier website or using 17 track as we have shown above and in the video below and you will swiftly get the result, in all cases you should always ask and check before proceeding any further as it is most likely a scam and this one with UPS is a new one on me and for the most looks original.