Postal Scam

[Midnight]

If this has been on before sorry, but it has just started in Hampshire again :


Dear All,



The below has come to our attention. Please read

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.

 

[RGDave]

Good heads-up...thanks.

 

[brendy]

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

Its an annual event that some gullible person comes on and quotes this....

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?20915-Don-t-know-if-this-is-true-or-not-but-just-a-heads-up-....&highlight=0906

 

[Midnight]

Mate,

Not trying to scam anyone, all I can say is that in the job I do, I and some local firms have been warned. If it's not true then sorry .

 

[brendy]

It isnt true matey. it has been circulating for years, there was an instance of something similar years back but didnt charge that sort of rate per minute (there are limits to what can be charged) but has been blocked from happening again since the mid noughties.