SCAM!!!

[JAYJAY]

I got the email below at work today - I don't know if there is anything in it but I thought I'd pass on the warning.

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

For more information, see the Crime Stoppers website:

http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/crime-prevention/helping-prevent-crime/scams/postal-delivery-scam

[Flying Half-Dutchman]

Yes. I've heard about this one. Apparently it's real. So let's be careful out there people.

[tracey_c]

heard this one too . AN EMAIL MARKED "POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK"!!!! :'(

[tracey_c]

forgot to say DO NOT OPEN EVEN IF ITS SENT FROM A FRIEND,its a virus :o

[ro]

I got the email below at work today - I don't know if there is anything in it but I thought I'd pass on the warning.It's safest to assume these things are bogus; if you're not sure, a quick check on snopes.com (http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/pds.asp) will usually reveal the whole story. There is some truth to this one in that there was indeed a premium rate telephone scam that worked by promising a parcel delivery, but it was was promptly shut down in 2005 (http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/output/news/POSTAL-SCAM-CHAIN-EMAIL-2009.aspx).

[JAYJAY]

Nice one Robin - there was another number which the email included which I cut before adding the post - just in case this was a chain email with a new sting.

Thanks for updating us all [smiley=thumbsup.gif]