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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: JulieS on October 13, 2011, 10:52:14 am

Title: Worth Knowing About
Post by: JulieS on October 13, 2011, 10:52:14 am

This was sent to me in an email today.  Thought it was worth passing on.....


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 the m 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              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   

 

Title: Re: Worth Knowing About
Post by: Crofter on October 13, 2011, 11:15:30 am

Sounds like it was genuine once but may be several years out of date. See this article http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/experts/article-1684241/Is-this-0906-6611911-number-a-scam.html (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/experts/article-1684241/Is-this-0906-6611911-number-a-scam.html)

Still wise to be warned at this time of year though, someone may have started up a similar thing on another number!

Title: Re: Worth Knowing About
Post by: Rosemary on October 13, 2011, 11:45:42 am

No-one sends me anything apart from Mole Valley Farmers and amazon  :( so it's not likely to be an issue for me.