Parcel Delivery Scam

dairoid

Beware of a card through your door looking like a Royal Mail notice saying an attempt had been made to deliver a parcel.To arrange a new delivery time you are then asked to ring a premium rate number 036..... which will cost you £15 !!!!! the scammers are PDS ( parcel delivery service).A nasty one at Xmas when lots of people will expect parcels.
Tell your family and friends NOW

Browntoa

this is a hoax...posted MANY times before on the forum

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

superscaper

Spam!!!!!!!!

deanos

not agian ..................

trisontana

This was mentioned on today's Working Lunch. They repeated the true facts as mentioned on the Hoax-Slayers' website . I.E. this is an old story, the phone number has been closed down and you cannot be charged £15 as soon as you are connected. Let's hope that enough people saw the programme to stop them circulating this urban myth.

Darksun

I saw this story reprinted in a local Scottish Newspaper (what else is there to do on a Sunday morning in Fort William? :P)

Either the scam is doing the rounds again, or the newspaper is just printing stories without verifying them. Second isn't unlikely...

ianian99

There Are No Premium Rate Numbers That Cost £15

trisontana

Darksun wrote:

I saw this story reprinted in a local Scottish Newspaper (what else is there to do on a Sunday morning in Fort William? :P)

Either the scam is doing the rounds again, or the newspaper is just printing stories without verifying them. Second isn't unlikely...

I did a quick Google and found that the story was also being carried by a local newspaper in Derbyshire and an online news-letter for Northamptonshire. In the case of the newspaper a local councillor was warning his constituents about this so called scam. I have emailed the editor of the paper but as yet have had no reply

trisontana

I have just done a more thorough search of the net and this fake story is everywhere. It appears on web sites run by local councils and newspapers , resident's associations, allotment groups , diving clubs and even the Federation of Local Businessmen . With it appearing everywhere no wondersome people believe it.

wantmemoney

Superscaper is right. The email discribes how the scam worked in 2004/2005.
Icstis did pull those 09 numbers.
But I would very supprised if they are not trying to target with a slightly differant scam this christmas.
http://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=426

Published: Thursday 5th October 2006
The alert follows a complaint from a local man who returned home to a telephone message from a company called PDS - Parcel Delivery Services.

The man rang back, was left waiting on the line for some time and finally ended up with a hefty telephone bill when his call went unanswered.

Its likely they are using 08 numbers. Icstis do not regulate them.
One of the ploys they use to rack up the bill.
When you dial the number you hear the dialing tone. Its really a recording.
The guy who was suspected to be behind the original card scam was John Timothy Kitching. The wrexham PO BOX no. that was used on that postal card was also used in several other criminal deceptions he was involved in.
He is a serial con artist.

trisontana

I still don't believe that story. For a start it says he was left with a hefty bill after his call was unanswered. You are not charged if the call is unanswered and it all seems to be a bit vague. I still think they are repeating the urban myth that has been circulating all this year,