The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam. It has been confirmed by Royal Mail.
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
If the note is for a genuine parcel delivery, it will more likely have an 0845 or 0870 (or 0800 if they are particularly generous) number.
PCH
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Lynda, moderator
That is an urban myth. ICSTIS limits call costs to £1.50 /min
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
If the note is for a genuine parcel delivery, it will more likely have an 0845 or 0870 (or 0800 if they are particularly generous) number.
PCH
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Lynda, moderator
That is an urban myth. ICSTIS limits call costs to £1.50 /min