POSTAL SCAM

[funtime frankie]

Just received this info by e mail and I suppose its only relevant for people from the 6 counties

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 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 £315 for the phone call.

[el_cuervo_fc]

Thanks Frankie, Xmas wouldn't be the same without this warning

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/pds.asp

[lawnseed]

who puts the card in your door? i'm off this week may i could give them a few slaps or if they're to big let out the dog

[Never beat the deeler]

who puts the card in your door? i'm off this week may i could give them a few slaps or if they're to big let out the dog

Nobody. Check the link in the previous post!

[lawnseed]

SO it comes in the post?

[Olly]

I phoned that number: 0906 6611911 to see if it was a scam or not. It was a woman who seemed to have the asthma telling me to lie back and relax as she'd tell me a story that'd make me very excited. I could hardly hear her for the chesty problem she seemed to be have. I was also going out the door anyway so I told her to keep a lid on it and maybe I'll hear it when she's a bit better and I've more time.

[lawnseed]

good man olly! i'll keep a watch out for a women with a respirator coming to the door

[haranguerer]

Just received this info by e mail and I suppose its only relevant for people from the 6 counties

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 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 £315 for the phone call.

Ah frankie. Some bollocks in the office sent this round - its rubbish. I see they put a 3 in front of the 15 to further sensationalise it this time.

You may email everyone you emailed it to and tell them you were being stupid, and you've actually forwarded them a mild virus.

[lawnseed]

i better take the mouse trap outta the letter box

[funtime frankie]

Jaysus Haranguerer, I can't go back and tell them about another mild virus.There was hell to pay the last time and to make it worse there were a few of them allergic to the penicillin.

[illdecide]

It's just another one of those stupid emails you get that tells you if you don't forward this onto 12 people in the next 10 mins God (not Peter Canavan) will appear and kick the bollocks of ya. These stupid emails have only one purpose and thats to block the internet and cause havoc...

The best ones have angels on them and tell you wait to you see what appears after you send it to 12 people and some people actually send them and wait for something to happen...lol

[Milltown Row2]

On that note, kids get a lot of these text messages now with the threat of death to your parents if they are not sent on to 12 people. seriously bad craic, as 9/10 year olds really feel that

[el_cuervo_fc]

Ball gates sent me $432,482.03 once because I forwarded on an email to 25 people on my mailing list. That was a good week

[haranguerer]

Anything to Bill?

[el_cuervo_fc]

Don't think so