Scam alert

[Dub]

Dont know if this is genuine or not but it came from someone who has never even heard of greggs so I thought I would post it.

Subject: Royal Mail Scam

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 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 £15 for the phone call.
If you do receive a card with these details then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 02072396655 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.

If its a real scam youve been warned

[PILTONSTANY]

Originally Posted by Dub

Dont know if this is genuine or not but it came from someone who has never even heard of greggs so I thought I would post it.

Subject: Royal Mail Scam



If its a real scam youve been warned

It made the EEN but the comments at the bottom suggest it's a hoax

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/ed...?id=1610972006

[blue toon hibby]

It also made NHS and Council Offices in this area yesterday.

[Dub]

Originally Posted by PILTONSTANY

It made the EEN but the comments at the bottom suggest it's a hoax

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/ed...?id=1610972006

Thought I should post it. If its a hoax all good and well.

[CJRRHibs]

Originally Posted by Dub

Thought I should post it. If its a hoax all good and well.

This happened last year and a letter was sent by RM. I have an e-mail from someone who has checked the phone number and it doesn't exist, this comes from some agency, can't remeber. Have all the info at work and will post it tomorrow. Pretty certain it's a hoax.
Better safe than sorry though.

[1875steve]

Originally Posted by Dub

Dont know if this is genuine or not but it came from someone who has never even heard of greggs so I thought I would post it.

Subject: Royal Mail Scam



If its a real scam youve been warned

All proceeds go to the 1875steve x-box360 fund.

[hibadelic]

A hoax scam, whatever next?

[oo2beahibby]

It IS a hoax, well of sorts. The most that can be charged for a premium rate call in the UK is £1.50 a minute. I've also done a google on 0306 numbers in the UK, and it's brought back nothing of relevance. As far as I'm aware, 03 codes haven't been allocated.

[hibadelic]

Why would anyone bother faking something like that?


Edit: I'm not denying it is a fake btw, I'm aware that some people are just plain mental.

[oo2beahibby]

Originally Posted by hibadelic

Why would anyone bother faking something like that?

To cause email servers to crash when a 'helpful' employee receives it from a buddy and forwards it to everyone in the address book. In the case of NHS Lothian, that comes to around 10,000 punters, although mass mailing on such a scale is of course blocked.

It's just a fuck-witted chain mail.

[Bartok]

timecheck

[CJRRHibs]

Hers the info about the scam I said I would get.
First I rec'd the e-mail about it then got this from a friend.

i went onto the ICSTIS website and put in the phone number on the email and got the following response, so is this a genuine worry or is it an actual email chain letter-type scam pretending to be a geniune security warning?!!!!

This is what we know about the number you entered (03066611911).

Unfortunately we don't recognise this as a valid phone number.

Premium rate phone numbers start with 09 and are 11 digits long.
International numbers start with 00 and are usually longer than UK ones.
Other common UK phone numbers are directory enquiries (all starting with 118) and mobile phone 'shortcodes' that are usually 4 or 5 digits long.
If you've tried again and we still can't find find anything you will need to contact your phone company. Their number can be found at the top of your phone bill.

This is the letter that ICSTIS sent last year.
email.pdf