conning barstewards

[Steve Bullman]

just a heads up for all you website owners

 

i had an email the other day from a company who owned arbtalk.com and asked if i would like to buy it off of them for £50

 

it turns out they didnt own it at all as i searched for it and it was an available domain....they obviously go round targetting sites, offering the alternative domains, then only purchase the domain after they have made a sale and stick there £40 on top. be aware if you get a similar email!

[Tom D]

There's another one who tell you that your domain is expiring and want to charge you to renew it... also a con.

 

Nearly fell for that one too.

[MasterBlaster]

Cot soccers!!!

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

My domain has to be renewed bang on every two years else someome like this buys it and then holds me to ransome...

[Highland Forestry]

Have had similar here too.. robbing sods.

[Stuart A-C]

There is another con going around as well, worth looking out for this side of xmas, or if you are wating for new kit to arrive. a couple of old people in my village have already fallen for it.

 

Please pass on...

Royal mail postal scam

This scam has been confirmed by our Royal Mail account manager and is especially relevant as Christmas is fast approaching:

 

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 0207 2396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at Welcome to PhonepayPlus the regulator of phonepaid services, or your local trading standards office.

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

floody ask moles!

[County4x4]

The PDS thing is a hoax and has been around for years. Here's what Phonepayplus said about it in 2007:

 

A STATEMENT FROM PHONEPAYPLUS ABOUT THE CURRENT 'POSTAL SCAM' CHAIN EMAIL

 

PhonepayPlus, the phone-paid services regulator, is aware that a chain e-mail about an alleged postal scam is being circulated on the internet. The email refers to the Royal Mail, Trading Standards and ICSTIS (PhonepayPlus’ former name).

 

PhonepayPlus appreciates that recipients of the email may want to find out more information about the alleged scam and has therefore issued the following statement:

 

• The chain email refers to a service that was shut down by us in December 2005.

 

• We subsequently fined the company that was operating the service, Studio Telecom (based in Belize), £10,000.

 

• The service is NO LONGER running and has NOT been running since December 2005.

 

• The email refers to a £15 charge for simply being connected to a recorded message. This is NOT TRUE – a £15 connection charge does NOT exist. The service in question actually cost £1.50 per minute and lasted six minutes, making a total cost of £9 if callers stayed on the line for the full six minutes.

 

• You do NOT need to contact us, or the Royal Mail, about this service as it was stopped almost two years ago.

 

• 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.

 

• Please go to http://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.

 

I always check the hoax sites when I get one of these email circulars, and haven't had one yet that has turned out to be genuine. There are loads of them around that are years old like if you don't delete a certain file from your computer your house will fall down etc etc - evryone panics and forwards the email all over the world and it's a complete waste of time and bandwidth.

 

Andy

[A_lopa]

Ive had that they try and say someone wants to buy t and they are HELPING you ,offering it to you first.

[plippy]

There's another one who tell you that your domain is expiring and want to charge you to renew it... also a con.

 

Nearly fell for that one too.

 

i had one come threw the other day, didnt get me robbing bar stewards