A woman is urging householders to be wary about who they open the door to during the busy Black Friday and Christmas shopping season, after a man allegedly posed as a DPD delivery driver to target her home.
Kathryn, who shared her experience with her 96,700 TikTok followers, said she was woken up that morning and checked her Ring doorbell camera to spot a man wearing a DPD jacket. She told her followers that she thought, "Well I've not ordered nothing", so she knew she was not expecting anything.
She described how she continued watching the footage and saw the man "beginning to climb over her rear fence".
Man climbed over fence after checking camera
Kathryn said: "I'm thinking, 'Clearly he doesn't work for DPD', because no one in their right mind who works for the company wearing their jacket is going to climb over someone's fence when they've looked at the camera three or four times."
She said the man had spotted her copper pipes and "collected all of them", before leaping back over her fence.
Kathryn revealed that her chief concern was that the man was wearing a DPD jacket, which she claimed "clearly isn't his". She was concerned he could be knocking on residents' doors while posing as a member of staff from the courier company.
Warning ahead of Christmas shopping season
She said in the video: "This is your friendly reminder that when we're getting closer to Christmas, you need to be careful who you open the door to. Just because they wear a jacket that says DPD or anything like that, you should still be careful about who they are."
"Imagine if he got an old woman or anyone who's vulnerable, it's so scary to think," she said. "So be careful. If someone knocks and you don't recognise them or you haven't got a parcel, it's not worth it."
The post garnered more than 3,000 likes. One user wrote: "Omg that's scary that he went out prepared with that jacket." Another commented: "Always check your camera first or tell them to leave it by the door. It's the elderly I feel for." A third added: "This is why I've got my 70-year-old mother a video door bell."
A representative of DPD has been contacted for comment.
