Scam

[biffalo]

Got this via e-mail...



The Trading Standards Office is 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 this 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, please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 0207 239 6655 or ICSTIS the premium rate service regulator at www.icstis.org.uk or your local trading standards office.
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The Fuckin cheatin bassas!!!!!

[Jacques]

And before anybody cries "It's just another hoax email", it checks out as under investigation from ICSTIS.

[steve56]

thanks for that warning.i dont bother to ring the sorting office now just stay on the bus get off a few yards away and collect.biffalo wrote:

> Got this via e-mail...
>
>
>
> The Trading Standards Office is 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 this 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, please
> contact Royal Mail Fraud on 0207 239 6655 or ICSTIS the premium
> rate service regulator at www.icstis.org.uk or your local
> trading standards office.
> __________________
> The Fuckin cheatin bassas!!!!!

[Peter]

Jacques wrote:

> And before anybody cries "It's just another hoax email", it
> checks out as under investigation from ICSTIS.

Also from Icstis site

"To put your mind at rest, the reference to ?15 is an urban myth. It is not possible for a ?15 charge
to be made on connection. We also have a number of measures in place in our Code of Practice
to ensure that consumers are protected from unexpectedly high charges. Calls and texts cost a
maximum of ?1.50 per minute."

[Mysteryman]

So basically this is a partial hoax as the original poster states, without having bothered to check - and without reservation - that:

"If you call this number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed ?15 for the phone call. "

If people are going to post information as FACT, they should check the FACTS first.

Jacques, you've don the job for him, thanks.