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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:51 pm

I received this warning e-mail today. It concerns people in Central Scotland but may also be applicable to other areas of the UK and wider.

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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 £315 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655

Master Baiter Joined: 20 Nov 2010 Posts: 241 Location: UK

Don't we see a variation of this every xmas? I've certainly heard of it before.

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:14 pm

http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/parcel_delivery.html Wink