Please Read. This is NOT a Joke !!!

[Lump]

Copied from another forum, and appears to be for real

I thought this may be of interest for everbody ordering Xmas presents & parts for winter rebuilds.

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 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

 

[splatrat]

thanks for the heads up

 

[Stan]

Yep - this warning came up at this time last year as well and i believe it was proved to be true...

 

[Tom]

This is a hoax with some truth behind it.

The premium rate number was shutdown in 2005, the cost shown is wrong - the maximum premium rate charge is £1.50 per minute


http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/output/news/Postal-scam-chain-email-PhonepayPlus-statement.aspx