Royal Mail Scam

Matt

The follwing scam has been brought to our attention.Please beware.

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/ or your local trading office.

This is a genuine scam and is under investigation by ICSTIS. Please advise others of this scam

Daz

Thanks for that info matt,will tell the mrs to keep her eye out..

Andy

thanks for the heads up Matt, most people would just ring the number without any thought i reckon.

Matt

Yeah, can just imagine a little old lady getting the notice, and ringing the number