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[Millers Mini]

It has been confirmed by RoyalMail. 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 £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)athttp://www.icstis.org.uk/

[Matt]

sorry mate this is just a rumour...
its an old scam

you had to pay 1.50 per min and the call lasted a total of 6 mins.
so 9 quid.

if i remember offcom fined them 10,000 but they were still quids in with the amount of people that had got.

Edited by Matt, 30 October 2007 - 09:10 AM.

[Millers Mini]

sorry mate this is just a rumour...
its an old scam

you had to pay 1.50 per min and the call lasted a total of 6 mins.
so 9 quid.

if i remember offcom fined them 10,000 but they were still quids in with the amount of people that had got.

You may be right there but this is the 2nd time in 2 days that I have hear of this from 2 seperate sources and with Crimbo on the way there is nothing to stop someboby doing it again.

[Jammy]

You may be right there but this is the 2nd time in 2 days that I have hear of this from 2 seperate sources and with Crimbo on the way there is nothing to stop someboby doing it again.

I get several emails a day saying if I don't forward the email to five dozen people I'll die at some seemingly random point in the next day or two. I'm still alive.

[Matt]

lol...

jammy id be quite worried about those emails ya know... there called death threats mate!

I'm not too fussed, they think my name is Matt, from Didcot...

[Cooperman]

I'm expecting a delivery - new grandchild due in about 3 weeks time

[Black.Ghost]

In that case, just dont phone the number or you will have to pay a lot for the child

But holy cow, Cooperman, that is a serious thread revival.