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postal scam
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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.
>
> For more information, see the Crime Stoppers website:
In case some ABers maybe aren't aware of this scam
> 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.
>
> For more information, see the Crime Stoppers website:
In case some ABers maybe aren't aware of this scam
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I had one, purporting to be from one of the big international carriers, and tricked out to look like one of their emails, with parcel reference etc. It had an attachment but no phone number in the text itself. That was a bit odd, but odder was the word 'Air' in the description, suggesting that this mysterious object had come from abroad (when I had no reason to expect anything flown in) and the absence of any name for me. I didn't open the attachment. I expect the 'carrier' would have asked for a payment for customs fees, inter alia, for this non-existent parcel, to explain why they couldn't attempt to deliver it beforehand
Crimestoppers state:
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Re Postal scam email from Parcel Delivery Service
Crimestoppers has recently received a number of enquiries regarding a chain email warning people about a postal scam that could leave you £315 out of pocket.
This email is a hoax and the information contained in it is not true. If you receive this information please ignore it'.
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I would hope that no one receiving the hoax email will forward it to anybody else, but just delete it.
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Re Postal scam email from Parcel Delivery Service
Crimestoppers has recently received a number of enquiries regarding a chain email warning people about a postal scam that could leave you £315 out of pocket.
This email is a hoax and the information contained in it is not true. If you receive this information please ignore it'.
____________________________________
I would hope that no one receiving the hoax email will forward it to anybody else, but just delete it.
Its being passed round on facebook, I believe that this is done so that the post gets lots of 'likes' then the originator sells the page to advertisers who change the content, but can still claim the 'likes' making their product or page look popular. Same with the posts that say pass this on to all your friends if you know someone who has cancer, or other similar things.