postal scam

[slater]

had the following e mail sent to me, not sure how true this is but it might be true/

FYI

Be on the look out

Keith

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-p....ry-scam

lewis

[Stuart]

Snopes

[Andy Banks]

Always go to Sophos if I'm unsure for my own education, never forward any of these scams on.

For this particular one http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/parcel_delivery.html

The hoax home page http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/

[slater]

thanks for the info

lewis