Postal Scam

[bodgit]

I've just been sent the following information on this scam. Just
thought I'd make you aware...
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: Its an old one but some people still fall for it.
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:

[MiCk B.]

Looks fake,

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

MiCk B. :-)

[wacattack]

Originally Posted by bodgit

I've just been sent the following information on this scam. Just
thought I'd make you aware...
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: Its an old one but some people still fall for it.
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:

It's a load of rubbish. This does the rounds every year with the amount being charged for making the call increasing. Do a quick google, the most you can possibly be charged is something like £1.50 a minute from BT. It's just a hoax

[MatJohnson]

£2 is the max from a call. Used to be genuine this one until about 5 years ago.

Its got to be time for the Halmark one the come round in a bit.

[JCJC]

Friend warned me re the Hallmark email last week, not had one, but UPS must have a shed load of stuff they cannot deliver and HSBC seems to misplace my banking details to often for a bank I don't use ?

Yesterday we strayed onto a web page that looked like a virus checker was running - found 41 before we closed the page.