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Postal Scam:


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.


For more information, see the Crime Stoppers website:


http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/crime-prevention/helping-prevent-crime/scams/postal-delivery-scam

Erm, did you actually read the link on the crimestoppers website.


Says that this scam was shut down 5 years ago, the info has not come from Royal Mail, or Trading standards, and that it is actually the circulation of a chain email which is the problem... Don't open any attachments etc if you get it?

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