Just got sent this from a friend:



Royal Mail 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 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 ICSTIS (the premium rate
service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk <http://www.icstis.org.uk/>
or your local trading standards office.

This is a genuine scam and is under investigation by ICSTIS

Thanks,Cazza, that looks as though a lot of people could be taken into that scam quite easily. It comes to something when you can't even trust a card saying you've been left a parcel!

Too right!

They always do these scams on students! I'll keep my eyes peeled. Cheers

Thanks Cazza

No need to worry!!! Apparently it was a genuine scam but has been shut down.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pds-phone-scam.html

I always get one from some African Millionaire offering me 60% of his fortune or something!