Parcel Scam - duplicate post - see lounge

[duke]

Postal Scam:

Can you circulate this around especially as Xmas is fast approaching - it

has been confirmed by Royal Mail. 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 and you start to hear a recorded message you will

already have been billed ?315 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail

Fraud on 020 7239 6655.

For more information, see the Crime Stoppers website:

http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/crime-prevention/helping-prevent-crime/scams/postal-delivery-scam

[robotcat]

HI

Sorry - this was relevant back in 2005. It's doing the rounds at the moment again.

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

[stingray]

Erm, did you actually read the link on the crimestoppers website.

Says that this scam was shut down 5 years ago, the info has not come from Royal Mail, or Trading standards, and that it is actually the circulation of a chain email which is the problem... Don't open any attachments etc if you get it?

[Wino]

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

Obviously one should always be careful, but this may just be an email scare.

Had 10 different people email me versions of this in the past couple of days.

[Wino]

Doh! Too slow with my typing!