Fone scam in operation. BEWARE!!!!!!!

[raytupper]

Had an e-mail passed on to me from me mate saying you get a card through your door saying some company had tried to deliver a parcel to you. the company is called PREMIUM DELIVERY SERVICES!.

REMEMBER THE NAME.

Therer is a phone contact number at the bottom which they urge you to call for re-delivery. 0906 6611911(Premium rate call).

When you connect your call it's an automated service like most call centers so you wont know the difference.
You get charged £15 as soon as connection is made which is where they are conning you. Then it works out roughly £1 per min after that.



Trading standards are aware of this operation but haven't managed to get to the bottom of it yet so please beware.


Pass this info onto as many people as you can otherwise chistmas is gonna look even more gloomy.......!



Raytupper ;D

[edinburghstokie]

Ray, that was years ago and no longer exists.

See hoax slayer for info

[raytupper]

Only passing on info ed.
Someone else may have started a similar kind of racket.
The mail came from a source at the sentinal, not saying that it's scare mongering or anything but if people know they may not get stung.


Raytupper

[edinburghstokie]

A STATEMENT FROM PHONEPAYPLUS ABOUT THE CURRENT 'POSTAL SCAM' CHAIN EMAIL

PhonepayPlus, the phone-paid services regulator, is aware that a chain e-mail about an alleged postal scam is being circulated on the internet. The email refers to the Royal Mail, Trading Standards and ICSTIS (PhonepayPlus’ former name).

PhonepayPlus appreciates that recipients of the email may want to find out more information about the alleged scam and has therefore issued the following statement:

• The chain email refers to a service that was shut down by us in December 2005.

• We subsequently fined the company that was operating the service, Studio Telecom (based in Belize), £10,000.

• The service is NO LONGER running and has NOT been running since December 2005.

It is not a similar racket, it is just old junk mail going in circles. Please don't forward them without checking if genuine or not. Also if anyone in this day and age is stupid enough to phone an 090 number, then it serves them right really.

[truckerged]

stoke in ed thats a bit harsh what about the elderly who are easily confused? they may think its genuine and ring costing them money they can ill afford. you have to remember that these scammers are coming up with new tricks everyday to try to part with our hard earned. there is a programme on telly not sure what its called but they show you how scams work. recommend it .certainly opened my eyes. their biggest asset is your greed. and yes we are all guilty of that.
fortunatly i have fuck all money so the scams dont even bother to try to get money out of me.
mind you i did pay £10 for an i.d. card!! must have saw me coming

[Funky]

Oct 25, 2008 11:23:22 GMT @truckerged said:

stoke in ed thats a bit harsh what about the elderly who are easily confused? they may think its genuine and ring costing them money they can ill afford. you have to remember that these scammers are coming up with new tricks everyday to try to part with our hard earned. there is a programme on telly not sure what its called but they show you how scams work. recommend it .certainly opened my eyes. their biggest asset is your greed. and yes we are all guilty of that.
fortunatly i have fuck all money so the scams dont even bother to try to get money out of me.
mind you i did pay £10 for an i.d. card!! must have saw me coming

Its a hoax, it wont cost anybody anything, its an email sent around to collect email addresses so they can spam you with shit more emails.

[edinburghstokie]

It is indeed a hoax (but originally wasn't - see my link earlier). Doubt it will collect e-mail addresses. All it really does is add more SPAM to the system.