Very important Information

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 give you the contact number 0906 6611911. 

DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER IT IS A MAIL SCAM ORIGINATING IN BELIZE - IF YOU  DO YOU WILL START TO HEAR A RECORDED MESSAGE AND YOU WILL  BE BILLED £15 FOR THE CALL PLUS £1.50 PER MINUTE AFTER THE MESSAGE.

Instead – please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655

Or ICTIS at www.icstis.org.uk

Or your local trading Standards Office

Please forward this information to as many people as possible

*Police Warning: Telephone Fraud*

We have been advised of a telephone fraud currently in operation- this applies to home and work telephone landlines and mobiles.
If you receive one of these calls, upon answering the telephone you will hear a recorded message congratulating you on winning an all expenses trip to an exotic location.
You will then be asked to press 9 to hear further details. If you press 9 you will be connected to a premium rate line that costs approximately £20 per minute.
Even if you disconnect immediately, it will remain connected for a minimum of 5 minutes costing around £100.
The final part of the call involves you being asked to key in your postcode and house number which has other serious consequences. After a further 2 minutes you will receive a message informing you that you are not one of the lucky winners. The total bill will then be over £100.
Since the calls are originating from outside of the UK, BT and other telephone companies are left relatively powerless to act. The only safe solution is to HANG UP before the message prompts you to dial 9, even safer Hang up on any unsolicited 'free offer calls'.

There is another scam operating on mobile phones as well. A missed call comes up, the number is 0709 020 3840, the last four numbers may vary, but the first four will remain the same. If you call this number back you will be charged £50 per minute.

People have complained about their phone bills, once they have realised the cost of the call, but apparently this is completely legal. So beware do not call back numbers beginning with 0709. PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Page last updated  24/04/2006

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