Postal scam

[humhx]

Royal Mail 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 £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 www.icstis.org.uk
<http://www.icstis.org.uk/> or your local trading standards office.

This is a genuine scam and is under investigation by ICSTIS.

[herb]

ICSTIS removed that number in December last year, so no need to worry about this particular number.

but if you see a card through your door that you don't recognise, then it's always worth checking the ICSTIS website to check the number.

[BOF]

Pity they co-operate with the setting up of the scam in the first place (BT that is), by allowing premium rate calls to non blue chip clients.

BOF