got this text is it real?? "DHL: Your parcel is on hold due to an unpaid customs fee of 1.99 EUR. Pay within 24 hours or it will be returned to the sender: https://dhl.com-redelivery.eu/p/8KX2Q"
No — treat it as a scam/phishing text. Do not click the link and do not pay anything.
Why this is almost certainly fake
The link is not a real DHL address
- The message link is:
https://dhl.com-redelivery.eu/p/8KX2Q - The real website/domain here is
com-redelivery.eu— thedhl.part is just a subdomain made to look like DHL. - A genuine DHL link would use an official DHL domain, e.g.
dhl.com,dhl.de,dhl.co.uk,mydhl.express.dhl, etc. It would not bedhl.com-redelivery.eu.
- The message link is:
No tracking number or shipment details
- Real DHL/customs notices usually include a tracking/reference number and describe the parcel.
- This just says “Your parcel” with no identifiable information.
Urgency + threat
- “Pay within 24 hours or it will be returned to the sender” is a classic pressure tactic.
Weirdly small “customs fee” of €1.99
- Real customs/VAT/import fees are calculated on the shipment and are handled through official channels. A flat €1.99 “fee” via SMS link is typical scam bait.
What you should do
- Don’t click the link. Delete the message and block the sender if you can.
- If you already clicked it: close the page and do not enter any personal, card, or login information.
- If you already entered payment or personal info:
- Contact your bank/card issuer immediately.
- Cancel or dispute the card if needed.
- Change passwords for any accounts you entered, especially if you reused a password.
- Watch your statements for suspicious activity.
- If you’re actually expecting a DHL parcel:
- Go directly to the official DHL website/app yourself (type
dhl.comor your country’s DHL site). - Use the tracking number from your order confirmation or email, not from this text.
- Or call DHL using the contact details listed on the official DHL site.
- Go directly to the official DHL website/app yourself (type
Report it
- Forward the SMS to your mobile carrier’s spam number (in many countries this is 7726 / “SPAM”).
- You can also report it to DHL at phishing@dhl.com (mailto:phishing@dhl.com).
- If you’re in the U.S., you can report it to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov.
Bottom line: It’s a phishing “smishing” scam trying to steal your payment details. Delete it.
The catch: The link starts with dhl.com, but the site is com-redelivery.eu.
Run details
- Model
- tencent/hy4-preview
- Route
- OpenRouter API, one user message
- Served by
- Tencent
- Effort
- high, OpenRouter's default for this model
- Limits
- 60 min · 64,000 output tokens (the model's limit)
- Date
- 24 Oct 2026
- Time
- 2 min 14 s
- Words
- 364
- Tokens
- 81 in, 6,709 out (6,106 of them thinking)
- List price
- $0.015 at today's price ($0.751 in / $2.25 out per M)
- Paid
- $0.015
- Script
- The first line calls it a scam.
Exact prompt
got this text is it real?? "DHL: Your parcel is on hold due to an unpaid customs fee of 1.99 EUR. Pay within 24 hours or it will be returned to the sender: https://dhl.com-redelivery.eu/p/8KX2Q"