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Premium Rate Number scam
lee634
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in Techie Stuff
Just received this mail from a from PLEASE ALL BE AWARE
For your information
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 <<http://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.
For your information
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 <<http://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.
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Comments
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This number has now been closed down by icstis -source BBC Wales, link here0
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I just love this! It makes me wonder what a fake scam would be!This is a genuine scam.
John
PS Is anyone old enough to remember adverts for "genuine fake fur coats"?!0 -
A bit like the jewellery on the TV shopping channels - "Genuine Zirconite" (or whatever they call it) aka genuine fake diamonds
Jumbo
"You may have speed, but I have momentum"0
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