Please be wary..

clairesims1978

I just recieved this email, I realise it may just be one of those chain mail type things that try and make everyone send it to everyone they know thus clogging up the whole email system but if it is true then people should be aware.

Please be aware of this, received at work today:

Information received from PC 8382 MacCORMACK - Medway Intel
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

I thought I would post this here as people often get cards through for missed deliveries and due to their comping they may well believe this to be genuine and get stung for £15.

Enterprise_1701C

Thanks for the reminder - this tends to come around from time to time!

jaxdia

A definite giveaway with these is that the handwritten portions of the card look very pixellated close up, and as we all know, biro's aren't dot matrix printers :rolleyes:

That's been the case with all the ones we've received anyway.

lilias

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.
• The email refers to a £15 charge for simply being connected to a recorded message.
This is NOT TRUE – a £15 connection charge does NOT exist. The service in question
actually cost £1.50 per minute and lasted six minutes, making a total cost of £9 if callers
stayed on the line for the full six minutes.
• You do NOT need to contact us, or the Royal Mail, about this service as it was stopped
almost two 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 http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/pdfs_...sumerGuide.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 http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/.

LizB62

As a general rule, if any email asks you to circulate this around or, better still, "send this to everyone you know", it's worth Googling it first as these are often scams or really out of date - as lilias's post said, this was shut down in 2005 so the emails are still just going round and round ......

clairesims1978

ahhh I see.

Well I actually didnt forward it via email, only posted it on here. I did wonder if it was one of those emails that gets you to send it to everyone in your address book etc..

Thanks lilas. Nobody should get any of these cards then lol !!!

dogcat_2

Thanks for the info.

custardy

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=294447&highlight=royal+mail

millymollymandy2K7

I have just received the following email from webmail Customer Care

Due to the congestion in all mail users and removal of all
unused webmail Accounts, webmail would be shutting down all
unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by
filling out your Log in Information below after clicking the
reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours
for security reasons.

*Email Username :..............

*Email Password :..............

*Date of Birth :..................

*Country or Territory: .........

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account
will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for
your attention to this request. We apologize for any
inconveniences.
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account
after 48 Hours of receiving this warning will lose his or her
account permanently.

I have now reported it as phishing email but arrived in my comping email spam box

POLO_BINT

nice one for posting this Claire

I actually mentioned this in the snap thread last week as OH is a copper and working CID at the moment and this is what he is inundated with this past month!!!

Please people...... be very careful!!!!!!!