Postal Scam

[Sarah]

Hi All

Just want to spread the word on the below... i hope that is ok!

Can you circulate this around especially as Christmas is fast approaching - it has been confirmed by Royal Mail. The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam and you can check it out on Snopes!


A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize .

If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk http://www.icstis.org.uk/

xx

[kallis3]

Hi Sarah,

Thanks for posting that, but it isn't a live scam anymore, was sorted out in 2005.

Check out this:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pds-phone-scam.html

If you scroll down and read it,it tells you all about it.

[Sarah]

Doh sorry only just got the e-mail through work! you would have thought they would be more up to date! SORRY!

xx

[kallis3]

Far better to post and it not be current, than not to post and it be a real one.

I always check on that site when someone sends me anything, it's quite good for sorting out the genuine ones.

It was a genuine one (some of them are not), but it appears that it was shut down (and a good job too).

[emma_t]

Always good to know as even though this one has been stopped I am sure there is a similar scam around the corner.

I am so gulable I would probably ring[:I]

[Skippy]

Same here Emma - I'd be so excited that someone had sent me something that I'd be straight on the phone!

[kallis3]

I never phone any premium rate numbers (can't anyway as they are blocked on our phone - legacy from when daughter was young - just in case!).

Any numbers like that I check out on www.saynoto0870.com. If I can't find a geographical number, or the name of the company on there, I don't contact them.