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
I'm pretty sure this scam was doing the rounds this time last year. The only difference being, if I recall, was that when you dialled the premium rate number, you were charged £15 not £315. I guess that's inflation for you !
surely the royal mail know about this scam so wont actually put the charge on your bill or even if they do you can surely challenge this cost as it is clearly a con and illegal number .the call should then be reversed and the account holder for the number should be charged .
I remember last year seeing somewhere they were no longer operating and although this has happened in the past. I believe the people responsible were caught and punished.
Even if there's still a similar scheme I hope people would be more vigilant when it comes to calling an 09 number
Received on my phone today as a message I don't know if this is the same or similar scam resurfacing. Mine was for a charge of £1-99 by Royal Mail a parcel awaiting collection phone 447534496644 and a link https://postmailstatus.support/RoyalMail
