Mail Scam

[Corabar Steve]

I don't know if this has been posted up before but I've just seen it on another forum & it seems worth forwarding

Can you circulate this around especially as Christmas 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 0306 661 1911 (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 020 7239 6655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at:-
> www.icstis.org.uk or your local trading standards office.
>
> This is a genuine scam and is under investigation by ICSTIS.

[jamesh]

Slightly off topic but when i was on the cruiseship we stopped in belize quite often... and what a place.... Never been somewhere that looked so run down and poor...

Other than one massive hotel / casina complex thing that had armed guards o the doors.... the rest just looked like it was a really poor area!

Wasn't exactly my fave spot to get off when not working during the day on the ship. Used to just catch up on sleep instead or sit by the pool on the ship.

[Corabar Entertainment]

There are a few of these scams doing the rounds at the moment, so if the call-back number is 'odd' - best to check it out first before ringing it :)