This was a scam text, wasn't it?

[Quartz]

The other day I got the text below:

Hermes: Please reschedule your delivery at https://hermes.check-reschedule-online.com before your item is returned to sender.

I was expecting something and it was the sort of thing to be delivered by Hermes. I've checked on who-calls.me.uk and the number has been searched a few times (but is likely spoofed anyway). And I checked the package tracking and it said it was being delivered by Royal Mail.

I've not clicked the link, but what almost caught me was that it's not the shortened link usual for such a fraud attempt I've usually received.

 

[Quartz]

It’s fake because the domain is “check-reschedule-online” and not Hermes

Well yes, but previous such scam texts have used URL shorteners to obscure the URL. This one did not.

 

[Quartz]

It still should be obvious.
That is not the hermes domain.

It was obvious that it weasn't Hermes' domain, but outsourcing is a thing - you don't object to OCUK outsourcing payment processing to Worldcom, for instance - and Hermes are renowned for penny-pinching.