Attention: Royal Mail Postal Scam!

[jarremachine]

Don't know if any peeps has heard this one before, but a mate of mine passed this email on to me:

The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:

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 you start to hear a recorded message. You will already have been billed £15 for the phonecall. 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 or your local trading standards office. This is a genuine scam and is under investigation by ICSTIS.

So make sure you & yours don't get caught out!

Blooming scammers, what will they think of next?!?!

[damian_steele]

Unlike that majority of scam warnings, this one is TRUE. (Apparently.)

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/pds.asp
http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/na/...tLevel=1%7C%7C

However, it may well be out of date by now as the phone numbers which were being used have been stopped by the regulatory authority.

But better safe than sorry, eh?

[swopmebob]

Is there such a thing as a genuine scam? I thought all scams were illegal

[shezz]

I got a card through me door the other day, different no, so automated you put no in thats on card, came back they tried to deliver radio





I not ordered one

[thehoneyant]

Although the scam outlined in the message was true, the claim that an immediate £15 fee was charged as well as the per minute cost is unfounded. ICSTIS notes that, "the reference to £15 is an urban myth. It is not possible for a £15 charge to be made on connection."

While this particular scam has now been terminated, premium rate phone fraud is not uncommon. People should watch for similar scams that attempt to trick them into making expensive, premium rate phone calls. UK residents can stay informed about premium rate phone services by visiting the ICSTIS website .

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