Title: Parcels Scam Post by: DelBoy on April 11, 2006, 06:15:25 pm Just had an email from a reliable source - beware!!
Please pass this on, it might save someone some money, --------------------------------------------------- For your information If you receive a card through your door from a company call 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. Please be aware of this scam and forward this information to as many as possible. Should you receive a card from this company please follow the above instructions. _______________________________________________ Please visit us at http://www.herts.police.uk Title: Re: Parcels Scam Post by: Snoring Rhino on April 11, 2006, 06:40:38 pm How are there cards delivered - by royal mail or by hand aka the post office parcel delivery or couriers? Normally they would be completed by hand by the delivery driver - if not, and mailed via the post office they should be able to intercept them...... or is that being over optimistic?
Title: Re: Parcels Scam Post by: RichUK on April 11, 2006, 08:58:15 pm It's impossible to have a PRS number charge you £15 for a call in a one off hit.
http://www.icstis.org.uk/pdfs_news/email.pdf Title: Re: Parcels Scam Post by: Lawnmower Man on April 11, 2006, 10:54:13 pm Personally I'm always sceptical about this sort of message. I take the line
Quote and forward this information to as many as possible. To mean "Disgard this message is just a chain letter".Then of course there is the common sense thing. Who is going to send you a parcel so valuable that you have to sign for it. You would normaly be expecting a parcel of that type and often you know how it's being sent UPS, Parcel Force, Bussiness post and so on. You should also think about the fact it's a premium rate number. I googled the Parcel Scam and found this ammusing page. http://www.joewein.de/sw/fraud-bidpay-get-even.htm I like getting the "your Post Code has been picked" line from tele marketing jerks. If it's a bloke I say well write to me and I put the phone down. If it's a bird I say what are you wearing and they put the phone down. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D t. Title: Re: Parcels Scam Post by: Simon13 on April 12, 2006, 02:49:30 pm quote]
Quote This is a genuine scam.[I take this to mean that the e-mail is a genine scam not the phone line. Wouldn't suprise me if ICTIS had something to do with this. I only reply to e-mails from Nigeria requesting my bank details to transfer millions. Still waiting for the millions ??? |