Royal Mail Scam

[mnko]

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 0306 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:- <http://www.icstis.org.uk> www.icstis.org.uk or your local trading standards office. This is a genuine scam and is under investigation by ICSTIS

[Ethel]

This is not a current scam - that particular phone number was switched off earlier this year.

People calling it were charged �1.50 a minute - the �15 was an urban myth. Such a charge is impossible.

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

[redcrx]

There is a similar scam still doing the rounds and has been reported in the papers.

Better safe than sorry eh mnko, nice of you to warn others

[Pea Pod]

The Post office is doing its own scam. Depending on the size of your Xmas card it could cost 44p to post one.

[Lonnie]

I just got an email from a businessman I know, with exactly what mnko has put up, was going to post it myself, but whether its currently valid or not, its still a warning that should be taken seriously.