Premium # Parcel Scam

bordercars

hope this is in the right place to attract as much attention as poss, we recieved this thro a reliable business forum and as such is unchecked.

Be AWARE

If you receive a card through your door from a company call PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) saying that they have a parcel awaiting delivery instructions and can you contact them on 0906 6611911

DO NOT call the 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 ICTIS at https://www.icstis.org.uk or your local trading standards office.

This is a genuine scam.

(ICTIS have the following information about this number. This is a card posted through your letter box from PDS Parcel Delivery suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and to call the premium rate number in question. This service costs £1.50 per minute. This service is under investigation by ICSTIS. Please be aware of this scam and forward this information to as many as possible.)

Browntoa

this is an old scam , now closed down

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pds-phone-scam.html

This email forward warns consumers about a premium rate phone scam based in the UK. The information in the message is factual, although the scam has now been shut down.

When the scam was operating, many UK householders reported receiving a card, ostensibly from a package delivery business named "Parcel Delivery Service" or "PDS". The card advised recipients to phone a number provided in order to arrange delivery of a package, claimed to be a digital camera.

However the contact number was a premium rate line that was charged at £1.50 per minute. A disclaimer in very small print on the bottom of the card informed recipients that the contact number would be charged at a premium rate. Although the cards claimed to originate from Wrexham in the UK, the company responsible for this scam is actually based in Belize, Central America.

soolin

This is one of those urban legend mails designed to be circulated to everyone merely to clog up the systems, please DO NOT forward it on.

The highest premium rate charge is £1.50 per minute, you cannot incur a £15 charge merely by picking up the phone.

However, it does mask the real scam which is contained at the bottom of the post, and that is for a 'parcel to be collected' scam that charges £1.50 a minute.

SOo

bordercars

tis was the 1st i was aware of so posted , will not pass on . thanks to 2 previous posts for info