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07-04-2006, 10:22 PM   #1

Telephone Scam!!


Just got this in an email...

If you receive a card through your door from a company called 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.



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07-04-2006, 10:25 PM   #2

Re: Telephone Scam!!


Will have to watch out for that Moli. Thanks for the info



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07-04-2006, 10:34 PM   #3

Re: Telephone Scam!!


Thanks for the warning Moli....I would probably have called it!!



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07-04-2006, 10:39 PM   #4

Re: Telephone Scam!!


Thank you for the warning Moli x



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08-04-2006, 08:12 AM   #5

Re: Telephone Scam!!


Thanks for the warning, I prob would have called it as well!



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10-04-2006, 06:58 PM   #6

Re: Telephone Scam!!


I had several of them last year but never bothered phoning them



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10-04-2006, 07:03 PM   #7

Re: Telephone Scam!!


People will try anything to make money out of innocent people. Thanks for the tip off!



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