Beware Postal Scam
Posted 19/10/2011 - 17:33
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Some information about this:
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/pds.asp
Usually anything of the form:
"Circulate this to all your friends... [authoritative source] has confirmed this as true.... [really bad thing will happen] "
... is itself a hoax.
Unusually, this one seems to have had at least some basis in fact, albeit several years ago.
Snopes is a great site to check these things before forwarding on the warnings.
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/pds.asp
Usually anything of the form:
"Circulate this to all your friends... [authoritative source] has confirmed this as true.... [really bad thing will happen] "
... is itself a hoax.
Unusually, this one seems to have had at least some basis in fact, albeit several years ago.
Snopes is a great site to check these things before forwarding on the warnings.
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Posted 19/10/2011 - 17:35
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According to hoax-slyer this scam was closed down in 2005 and hasn't been resurrected.
Here is Snopes view on it too.
Worth bearing it in mind though .
Edit; Chris beat me too it
Here is Snopes view on it too.
Worth bearing it in mind though .
Edit; Chris beat me too it
Posted 19/10/2011 - 17:40
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If I ring that number without a card will it still
cost me £315???? or will it be cheaper
cost me £315???? or will it be cheaper
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Posted 19/10/2011 - 17:58
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I think the real xmas postal scam is how deliveries suddenly take twice as long and items seem more prone to going walkabout. Not as if they haven't had the entire history of the postal service to get used to dealing with the extra traffic...
I just hope the light-fingered individual who presumably made off with one of my parcels last year was suitably annoyed when they found it to contain a battered old ERC rather than anything resalable!
I just hope the light-fingered individual who presumably made off with one of my parcels last year was suitably annoyed when they found it to contain a battered old ERC rather than anything resalable!
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Posted 19/10/2011 - 18:59
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Algernon wrote:
If I ring that number without a card will it still
cost me £315???? or will it be cheaper
Might be dearer by now if other replies are correct and this is an old scam.If I ring that number without a card will it still
cost me £315???? or will it be cheaper
Try after 6pm and see if you get the same rate
Posted 19/10/2011 - 19:04
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I'll try a Reverse Charge Call!
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Posted 19/10/2011 - 20:31
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Sorry Alan, but this has never worked in the UK. No call has ever been this expensive and premium calls have explicit warnings before the bills can be racked up.
HOWEVER if you would like a FREE Pentax K-5 where you only have to pay postage then please send me a cheque for £50....
HOWEVER if you would like a FREE Pentax K-5 where you only have to pay postage then please send me a cheque for £50....
Posted 19/10/2011 - 22:38
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greynolds999 wrote:
HOWEVER if you would like a FREE Pentax K-5 where you only have to pay postage then please send me a cheque for £50....
Wow what a deal! PM sent.
HOWEVER if you would like a FREE Pentax K-5 where you only have to pay postage then please send me a cheque for £50....
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UK 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 the m 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.
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