Legitimate
03 Oct 2025
Royal Mail & Parcel Force, BUT the number maybe spoffed by scammers
Community overview
Community rating:
Negative
7 user reports
First reported 21 Mar 2022
·
Last reported
12 months
ago
About this number
Number formats
- UK format: 0345 774 0740
- International: +44 345 774 0740
Number details
- Number type: Non-geographic number
- Number range allocated to: BT
Recent activity
UK visits
User Reports
Last 30 days: 2 UK visits and 0 public reports.
Reported categories
Based on 7 public user reports
Scam/Fraud
43% (3)
Unknown Caller
43% (3)
Legitimate
14% (1)
User Reports (7)
Scam/Fraud
09 Dec 2024
Parcel Scam
Scam/Fraud
03 Oct 2022
said royal mail parcel large with 3 or more items, wanting to send me sms to get redelivery code. said parcel was in deliver office 100 miles away from me. wanted email but got suspicous it said i was looking up number on royal mail website. when I searched number and said it was coming up in india call dropped!!
Unknown Caller
27 Sep 2022
Asked me about a package, and would I like instructions about how to collect it, when I asked, what sort of package it was they hung up, they even knew my name, could not believe it,, these people want to be put behind bars or worse, IM GLAD I DO NOT KEEP ANY BANK DETAILS ON MY PHONE, THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM,
Scam/Fraud
27 Jul 2022
Claimed to be from passport office. Got my name wrong so they hung up. SCAM!
Unknown Caller
01 Jun 2022
Comes up as Royal mail. Seems unlikely to be RM as I don't think they have any reason to phone me
Unknown Caller
21 Mar 2022
Left no message when called. Comes up as royal mail id number. No recognised by me
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On iPhone
- Open the Phone app and go to Recents
- Find the number 0345 774 0740 and tap the info icon (i)
- Scroll down and tap Block this Caller
- Confirm by tapping Block Contact
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- Long press on 0345 774 0740
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