[Gllug] Postal scam warning

[Christopher Mocock]

Peter Cannon wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Just a word of warning
>
> Quoted text:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Royal Mail postal scam.
>
> Can you circulate this around especially as Xmas 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.
>
> If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail 
> Fraud on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at 
> www.icstis.org.uk <http://www.icstis.org.uk>
>
>   

It seems this is not entirely true, certainly not the £15 charge. There 
are more details here:

http://www.icstis.org.uk/pdfs_news/email.pdf

Chris.
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