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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Buster Ingram on September 29, 2006, 03:57:03 pm

Title: Parcel Scam
Post by: Buster Ingram on September 29, 2006, 03:57:03 pm

Recieved this mail this morning  :o

 
For your information:

The following scam has been bought to our attention:

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 ICTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at http://www.icstis.org.uk or your local trading standards office.

This is a genuine scam.
This service is under investigation by ICSTIS. Please be aware of this scam and forward this information to as many as possible.

Dave

Title: Re: Parcel Scam
Post by: calmore on September 29, 2006, 04:22:10 pm

"This is a genuine scam"

LOL! As opposed to all those scam scams!

Title: Re: Parcel Scam
Post by: Mark Stanley on September 29, 2006, 04:31:19 pm

Thank you for alerting us all.

Mark.

Title: Re: Parcel Scam
Post by: carpetclean on September 29, 2006, 05:03:49 pm

thats the good thing about these forums will be aware

Title: Re: Parcel Scam
Post by: angela carlton on September 29, 2006, 07:58:09 pm

There is another scam going around, which starts off, with a 'well spoken' female voice, which states " This is a recorded message, would you like to have FREE landline 24 hours a day, every day?" well who would'nt ?

I don't know what happens to anyone who calls, but I'm pretty sure it's a blatant scam, unless, of course, you know better !

Angie

Title: Re: Parcel Scam
Post by: CARPET KNIGHTS on September 29, 2006, 08:03:54 pm

We get free landline calls 24 hours a day through tiscali so why would it be a scam?

Title: Re: Parcel Scam
Post by: cleaning co on September 30, 2006, 09:31:46 am

ii had one on me moby the other day saying they had a parcel fort me and to ring thier number to arrange it to be deliverd    i didnt ring

Title: Re: Parcel Scam
Post by: John Kelly on September 30, 2006, 09:35:20 am

What I don't get about these phone scam is that your provider bills you then hands the money over to the scammer. That can't be right.

Title: Re: Parcel Scam
Post by: Mark Roberts on September 30, 2006, 11:08:07 am

If your ever not sure go to this website and type the nunber in,

http://www.icstis.org.uk/consumers/ncd/default.asp

The icstis which is the regulator for all premium numbers, the most you can be charged would have been £1.50/min, this is because scammers can only use numbers given to them by service providers, and because providers are regulated they are not allowed to give out numbers which charge more than this.

The icstis can also assist in getting a refund on your bill from your service provider if you have been caught out, register your complant with them.

http://www.icstis.org.uk/consumers/how_to_complain/default.asp

Hope that helps.

Title: Re: Parcel Scam
Post by: Buster Ingram on September 30, 2006, 11:38:26 am

Thanks Mark for clearing that up.

Regards Dave