postal scam

[sean]

just received this.....dont know any more but thought i would share anyway.....

 

 

 

Postal Scam:

 

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:

 

Postal delivery scam | Crimestoppers UK

[sean]

seems that this is old having gone to crimestoppers site.

[Gnarlyoak]

Sean, the email you have received is the scam. according to Crimestoppers the email is total BS, as this extract shows:-

 

Crimestoppers parcel e-mail scam

A number of individuals have received an e-mail claiming to have been confirmed by Royal Mail and Trading Standards Institute and featuring a link to the Crimestoppers website [19 November 2010].

 

The e-mail describes what to do if you receive a card posted through your front door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) and claims that this is a scam originating from Belize, designed to encourage members of the public to call a premium rate number through which they will be billed £315.

 

The e-mail states that for more information, see the Crime Stoppers website, followed by a link to the Crimestoppers site.

 

We can confirm that this e-mail was not issued by Royal Mail, Trading Standards Institute or Crimestoppers.

 

If you received this or a similar e-mail please do not respond to it.

 

To report this scam and obtain more information on scams please visit the Consumer Direct website.

 

Visit the PhonepayPlus website for more information.

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Hi, This is old news going around again. Was an issue several years ago.

 

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