The police are receiving up to 20 reports a day from victims of convincing emails and text messages about parcel deliveries that are actually scams to defraud people of up to €5,000. The scam has been around since April but intensified in recent weeks with messages being sent in Maltese and English and purporting to come from a range of delivery groups including MaltaPost and DHL. A police spokesman said investigators have established that the scammers are operating from outside the EU. Similar scams have been reported in France. Scammers are typically taking between €800 and €1,800 per victim with the highest amount defrauded from one single person reaching €5,000, the police said on Tuesday. The texts generally come from an unknown number and will say something like: “(DHL) Your package is waiting for delivery please confirm the payment (1USD)” with a link. An example of a message in Maltese is ‘Hello. Il-pakett tiegħek qed jistenna l-kunsinna jekk jogħbok ikkonferma l-ħas (1.99 EUR) fil-link li ġeja.’ 'I wanted to cry and smash my phone' One victim told Times of Malta she received a text message on her phone while on the beach on Saturday claiming to be from DHL. Clicking on...