phone scam

**rob jones 60** · 23-10-2008, 10:40

Hi all hope no one gets stung with this.... Royal mail and trading standards offices are making people aware of a scam where a card is posted through your door from a company called P.D.S.( parcel delivery service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel, and you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 .This is a premium rate number DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER, as this is a mailing scam originating from Belize if you call this number and you start to hear a recored message you will already have been billed £15 for the call please advice family and Friends,

**Clive Rees (08)** · 23-10-2008, 15:15

I have already spoken to Bob about this. This scam has been sorted and no longer exists.

It appears that they were taken to court and fined.

Bob will probably post the reply for the info of everyone to read.

I think it went back to 1997.

Regards

Clive

**Bob Bacon** · 23-10-2008, 16:50

This email warning has been circulated since the end of 2005. As you can see, recent submissions indicate that the warning is once again rapidly gaining momentum. The information in the message was mostly factual. However, the particular scam described in the message was shut down at the end of 2005 and the information is no longer relevant. The continued forwarding of this warning to others is now pointless and counterproductive.

A STATEMENT FROM PHONEPAYPLUS ABOUT THE CURRENT 'POSTAL SCAM' CHAIN EMAIL

PhonepayPlus, the phone-paid services regulator, is aware that a chain e-mail about an alleged postal scam is being circulated on the internet. The email refers to the Royal Mail, Trading Standards and ICSTIS (PhonepayPlus’ former name).

PhonepayPlus appreciates that recipients of the email may want to find out more information about the alleged scam and has therefore issued the following statement:

• The chain email refers to a service that was shut down by us in December 2005.

• We subsequently fined the company that was operating the service, Studio Telecom (based in Belize), £10,000.

• The service is NO LONGER running and has NOT been running since December 2005.

• The email refers to a £15 charge for simply being connected to a recorded message. This is NOT TRUE – a £15 connection charge does NOT exist. The service in question actually cost £1.50 per minute and lasted six minutes, making a total cost of £9 if callers stayed on the line for the full six minutes.

• You do NOT need to contact us, or the Royal Mail, about this service as it was stopped almost two years ago.

• If you receive a copy of the email warning you about the alleged scam, please do NOT forward it to others. Instead, please forward this statement from PhonepayPlus.

• Please go to www.phonepayplus.org.uk/pdfs_news/ConsumerGuide.pdf for useful information about how to recognise phone-paid services and understand what they cost, and some simple tips to help you enjoy using services with confidence.

• For more detailed information about our work, please visit www.phonepayplus.org.uk.

19 October 2007
There is also no current warnings about this particular scam on either the Trading Standards website or the Royal Mail website.

**rob jones 60** · 26-10-2008, 18:16

Thanks for clearing that up I'm glad its been stopped , but always remember some one out there will always try and rip joy public off so think before you answer these clames ,you've won or some thing is being held for you there is no such thing as a free lunch all the best rob ....