Scam to be aware of
 

Hi all,

I just got emailed the following from work. Not sure if it is a new/old scam but thought it was better to be safe than sorry..! Apologies for the huge font, it wont go smaller when I try and edit it!

Postal Scam

Can you circulate this around especially as Christmas 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 £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) at www.icstis.org.uk

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Thanks Maria.

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ZOMG it's true!!!


snopes says so:

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/pds.asp

:D

Re: Scam to be aware of
 

I never even look at stuff like this, it just goes straight in my junk mailbox :rolleyes: If they were that bothered they'd post IMO. Cheers for the alert tho Maria.

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Got a couple of those in the post las year.... and thankfully managed to stop my flatmate from calling them:?

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tis true we've had this circulated at our work (royal mail north west midlands)

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If any of you actually bothered to read that link from the lone wolf!!!!!!

<UL TYPE="DISC">
<LI> The chain email refers to a service that was shut down by us in December 2005.</LI>
<P></P>
<LI> We subsequently fined the company that was operating the service, Studio Telecom
(based in Belize), &pound;10,000.</LI>
<P></P>
<LI> The service is NO LONGER running and has NOT been running since December 2005.</LI>
<P></P>
<LI> The email refers to a &pound;15 charge for simply being connected to a recorded message.
This is NOT TRUE &mdash; a &pound;15 connection charge does NOT exist. The service in question
actually cost &pound;1.50 per minute and lasted six minutes, making a total cost of &pound;9 if callers
stayed on the line for the full six minutes.</LI>
<P></P>
<LI> You do NOT need to contact us, or the Royal Mail, about this service as it was stopped almost two years ago.</LI>
<P></P>
<LI> If you receive a copy of the email warning you about the alleged scam, please do NOT forward it to others. Instead, please forward this statement from PhonepayPlus.</LI>
<P></P>
<LI> Please go to www.phonepayplus.org.uk/pdfs_news/ConsumerGuide.pdf for useful information about how to recognise phone-paid services and understand what they cost, and some simple tips to help you enjoy using services with confidence.</LI>
<P></P>
<LI> For more detailed information about our work, please visit www.phonepayplus.org.uk.</LI>
</UL>

Forwarding this stuff without reading it properly is just like forwarding spam & junk mail.

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Oh well, no harm in being aware of stuff is it?

from snopes.com: "Although the specific warning email reproduced at the head of this email is out of date, it represents a common type of telephone fraud that has been used int he past and will likely be used again, so the public is well advised to be aware of it"

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nope better to be safe than sorry and just ignore 'em all together :D

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Sometimes......!

I never forward this kind of email and normally respond to the sender in a v.sacrastic manner.


All it does is two things:

1. Fill up your inbox with rubbish
2. gives a load of legit email addresses to spammers to continue to email you about viagra & watches & diplomas & medications!