Scam, be warned!
11 April 2006, 12:02 PM
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Scam, be warned!
Just thought I'd share this with you all!
Adam.
Subject: Genuine scam information received from City of London Police
The following information has been received regarding a current premium rate telephone scam. It has been assessed by the Police and Royal Mail as a genuine scam.
If you receive a card through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) saying that they have a parcel awaiting delivery instructions and can you contact them on 0906 6611911DO NOT call the 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 020 7239 6655 or ICTIS at http://www.icstis.org.uk or your local trading standards office. This is a genuine scam.
ICTIS have the following information about this number.
This is a card posted through your letter box from PDS Parcel Delivery suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and to call the premium rate number in question. This service costs £1.50 per minute. This service is under investigation by ICSTIS. Please be aware of this scam and forward this information to as many as possible. Should you receive a card from this company please follow the above instructions."
Regards
Shaun Deely
Asst FM (Safety & Security)
Facilities Management
Croydon
Adam.
Subject: Genuine scam information received from City of London Police
The following information has been received regarding a current premium rate telephone scam. It has been assessed by the Police and Royal Mail as a genuine scam.
If you receive a card through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) saying that they have a parcel awaiting delivery instructions and can you contact them on 0906 6611911DO NOT call the 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 020 7239 6655 or ICTIS at http://www.icstis.org.uk or your local trading standards office. This is a genuine scam.
ICTIS have the following information about this number.
This is a card posted through your letter box from PDS Parcel Delivery suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and to call the premium rate number in question. This service costs £1.50 per minute. This service is under investigation by ICSTIS. Please be aware of this scam and forward this information to as many as possible. Should you receive a card from this company please follow the above instructions."
Regards
Shaun Deely
Asst FM (Safety & Security)
Facilities Management
Croydon
11 April 2006, 12:15 PM
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Taken from the icstis web site
It has come to our attention that a chain e-mail has been circulating the internet. It makes
reference to the Royal Mail, the City of London Police and Parcel Delivery Services. ICSTIS
appreciates that consumers want to find out more information about this alert and have issued the
following comment.
During the Christmas period 2005, a number of people across the UK received cards from Parcel
Delivery Services (a service run through a service provider called Studio Telecom). When ICSTIS
were informed of the content and promotion of this service we invoked our Emergency Procedure
- for details click this link - http://www.icstis.org.uk/service_pro...ts/default.asp) and
removed access to the service (operating on 20 numbers) on 29 December 2005.
We do not believe that this service is operating again. If you receive a card and are in any doubt
then please call our Contact Centre for free on 0800 500 212. They will be able to look up the
number for you and give you any information we have about it. Alternatively, you could look it up
by clicking here http://www.icstis.org.uk/consumers/ncd/default.asp.
This particular case will be adjudicated on as soon as possible. Until then, all the revenue will
remain frozen and will not be passed on to the operator. Until then, we will not have details
posted on the website as we need to publish the exact facts and final outcome.
To put your mind at rest, the reference to £15 is an urban myth. It is not possible for a £15 charge
to be made on connection. We also have a number of measures in place in our Code of Practice
to ensure that consumers are protected from unexpectedly high charges. Calls and texts cost a
maximum of £1.50 per minute. The particular service referred to in the chain e-mail used a
recorded message which lasted a maximum of 6 minutes - making the total cost £9. Under the
Code, all service providers must state clearly in promotional material the likely costs for calls to
each service (either per minute or total charge inclusive of VAT).
It is worth remembering that the vast majority of premium rate services operate within the Code of
Practice and cause no consumer harm. Sadly, a small number do and consumers should always
inform us as soon as possible about these companies so we can investigate them in full.
To ensure you are protecting yourself, make sure you can recognise which numbers will incur a
premium charge on your phone, always read the terms and conditions of promotions you are
taking part in and if an offer looks too good to be true then it probably is.
For further information, please visit the consumer section of the website where we aim to answer
all your questions. http://www.icstis.org.uk/consumers/default.asp.
It has come to our attention that a chain e-mail has been circulating the internet. It makes
reference to the Royal Mail, the City of London Police and Parcel Delivery Services. ICSTIS
appreciates that consumers want to find out more information about this alert and have issued the
following comment.
During the Christmas period 2005, a number of people across the UK received cards from Parcel
Delivery Services (a service run through a service provider called Studio Telecom). When ICSTIS
were informed of the content and promotion of this service we invoked our Emergency Procedure
- for details click this link - http://www.icstis.org.uk/service_pro...ts/default.asp) and
removed access to the service (operating on 20 numbers) on 29 December 2005.
We do not believe that this service is operating again. If you receive a card and are in any doubt
then please call our Contact Centre for free on 0800 500 212. They will be able to look up the
number for you and give you any information we have about it. Alternatively, you could look it up
by clicking here http://www.icstis.org.uk/consumers/ncd/default.asp.
This particular case will be adjudicated on as soon as possible. Until then, all the revenue will
remain frozen and will not be passed on to the operator. Until then, we will not have details
posted on the website as we need to publish the exact facts and final outcome.
To put your mind at rest, the reference to £15 is an urban myth. It is not possible for a £15 charge
to be made on connection. We also have a number of measures in place in our Code of Practice
to ensure that consumers are protected from unexpectedly high charges. Calls and texts cost a
maximum of £1.50 per minute. The particular service referred to in the chain e-mail used a
recorded message which lasted a maximum of 6 minutes - making the total cost £9. Under the
Code, all service providers must state clearly in promotional material the likely costs for calls to
each service (either per minute or total charge inclusive of VAT).
It is worth remembering that the vast majority of premium rate services operate within the Code of
Practice and cause no consumer harm. Sadly, a small number do and consumers should always
inform us as soon as possible about these companies so we can investigate them in full.
To ensure you are protecting yourself, make sure you can recognise which numbers will incur a
premium charge on your phone, always read the terms and conditions of promotions you are
taking part in and if an offer looks too good to be true then it probably is.
For further information, please visit the consumer section of the website where we aim to answer
all your questions. http://www.icstis.org.uk/consumers/default.asp.
Last edited by Gary C; 11 April 2006 at 04:30 PM.
11 April 2006, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Scoob+Bike=Fun
JDO NOT call the number as this is a mail scam originating from Belize
11 April 2006, 05:38 PM
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Adam,
Thanks for the heads up, you wont be charged £15 for the call though unless you are listening for 10 minutes, NO premum rate line in the UK charges more than £1.50 per minute because this is the limit that ICSTIS impose, still not very nice though!
Gary
Thanks for the heads up, you wont be charged £15 for the call though unless you are listening for 10 minutes, NO premum rate line in the UK charges more than £1.50 per minute because this is the limit that ICSTIS impose, still not very nice though!
Gary
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