Royal Mail postal scam.

weldec · #1 (**permalink**) 4th November 2006, 09:28 PM

Royal Mail 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 £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 standards office.

This is a genuine scam and is under investigation by ICSTIS

Christine Stobbs
Customer Information Manager
Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce
Oak Tree Court
Harry Weston Road
Coventry CV3 2UN
Tel: 02476 654108

optrex · #2 (**permalink**) 13th November 2006, 09:26 PM

Hello,

I have been doing a lot of research on this email. I can confirm this is now a hoax. ICSTIS closed the number down on 29 Dec 2005 from the original scam. Despite a number of high profile websites who have been taken in by the new email warning, this should now be confined to "spam email" as there is no evidence that the original scam is up and running.

The ICSTIS press office are now actively advising local government and media websites to remove this warning

http://www.icstis.org.uk/pdfs_news/email.pdf and Royal Mail Postal Scam PDS - Midlands Weather Forum - A UK Weather Forum

weldec · #3 (**permalink**) 13th November 2006, 10:04 PM

Thanks for that Optrex,

We can see a lot clearer now.

weldec · #4 (**permalink**) 13th November 2006, 10:10 PM

perhaps we can have the thread removed.

Spam alot eh

Larry Teepot · #5 (**permalink**) 13th November 2006, 10:52 PM

i thought it was a good warning even if they have been closed down,,,,

royst · #6 (**permalink**) 28th November 2006, 10:26 PM

you could always ring the number just to check