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mr-coolcat
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**** THIS IS A REAL SCAM ****
Information received from PC 8382 MacCORMACK - Medway Intel, Kent Police
Can you circulate this around especially as Christmas 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.
Please advise family members/Friends.
Information received from PC 8382 MacCORMACK - Medway Intel, Kent Police
Can you circulate this around especially as Christmas 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.
Please advise family members/Friends.
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Welcome to MSE
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1239823&highlight=PDS
Most discussed topic this time of year. Just watch out for that Elf Bowling game from 1999 now!0 -
Premium rate telephone numbers have a maximum charge of £1.50 per minute."You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"0
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9 October 2008
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.
You do NOT need to contact us, or the Royal Mail, about this service as it was stopped almost three 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 https://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.
For more detailed information about our work, please visit https://www.phonepayplus.org.uk.
And from Hoax-Slayer :-
A real problem with emailed warning such as this is that they often continue to circulate for months or even years after the described threat has disappeared. They also tend to mutate as they travel, further diffusing the truth and relevance of the information they contain.
Before forwarding scam warnings, recipients should always check that the warning is genuine and current. False or outdated warning emails such as this one do nothing more than add to the clutter in our already junk-ridden inboxes and spread misinformation.
What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
mr-coolcat wrote: »**** THIS IS A REAL SCAM ****
Information received from PC 8382 MacCORMACK - Medway Intel, Kent Police
PC 8382 MacCormack is a plonker then! Search the net before you post rubbish like this.
:rolleyes::doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0 -
PC 8382 MacCormack is a plonker then! Search the net before you post rubbish like this.
:rolleyes:
The same thing happened last year with several local newspapers, police forces and even Trading Standards departments passing on this "warning" without checking the facts for themselves.
Already this year at least two newspapers have printed this story. One in Wigan and the other being the Belfast Evening NewsWhat part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
There was a thread only yesterday in the freebies forum of all places also spouting this nonsense. Trouble is the number of people who thank the OP even when they are told is a hoax.0
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dinglebert wrote: »There was a thread only yesterday in the freebies forum of all places also spouting this nonsense. Trouble is the number of people who thank the OP even when they are told is a hoax.
Also when they are told it's a hoax they come back with the answer "it's still worth warning people in case it happens again".
No it's not, that's just crying wolf. If you are going to warn about everything that might happen in the future, where do you end?What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
trisontana wrote: »Also when they are told it's a hoax they come back with the answer "it's still worth warning people in case it happens again".
No it's not, that's just crying wolf. If you are going to warn about everything that might happen in the future, where do you end?
At a restaurant with the number 420 -
I've just had an e-mail from a nice man in Nigeria ...................................0
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Thinking about this I'm inclinded to go with a troll on this. These posts cause many an upset on mse and look its a first post from a new member.0
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