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[Radar]

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 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.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655.

[Gaffers]

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pds-phone-scam.html

[Radar]

At least that is some good news - cheers for the info.

[jerry]

cheers guffer,
just this minute picked up the scam warning from a mate forwarding it to me. Like yourself, learnt a while back to investigate further. That said, such scams DO appear, so thanks to Radar for the heads up

[Gaffers]

These kinds of things are spread by spammers to gleen email addresses, they go around and around in circles.  Once someone sends it to you and a bunch of others forget it, they're gonna get your address and send you adverts for viagra and cialis. 

[CaptainZok]

These kinds of things are spread by spammers to gleen email addresses, they go around and around in circles.  Once someone sends it to you and a bunch of others forget it, they're gonna get your address and send you adverts for viagra and cialis. 

What's STMO's email addy again.

[Xplicit 2.0]

this is also from the same link guffer posted:

This email warning has been circulated since the end of 2005. Recent submissions indicate that the warning is once again rapidly gaining momentum. The information in the message was mostly factual. However, the particular scam described in the message was shut down at the end of 2005 and the information is no longer relevant. The continued forwarding of this warning to others is now pointless and counterproductive.

PhonepayPlus (previously named "ICSTIS"), the UK's regulatory body for all premium rate charged telecommunications services, issued the following statement in October 2007:
POSTAL SCAM CHAIN EMAIL – PHONEPAYPLUS’ STATEMENT

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 (operating on 0906 6611911) that was shut down by PhonepayPlus (then ICSTIS) in December 2005.

PhonepayPlus 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.

You do NOT need to contact PhonepayPlus, or the Royal Mail, about this service as it was stopped almost four years ago.

If you receive a copy of the email warning you about the alleged scam, please do NOT forward it to others. Instead, please forward this statement from PhonepayPlus.

If you receive a delivery card through your letterbox which you do not believe is genuine and which asks you to dial a premium rate number, you can contact PhonepayPlus on 0800 500 212 (Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm) for further guidance.

Please go to http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/output/FAQ.aspx for useful information about how to recognise phone-paid services and understand what they cost, and some simple tips to help you enjoy using services with confidence.

For more detailed information about PhonepayPlus’ work, please visit www.phonepayplus.org.uk.
There is also no current warnings about this particular scam on either the Trading Standards website or the Royal Mail website.

[Gaffers]

These kinds of things are spread by spammers to gleen email addresses, they go around and around in circles.  Once someone sends it to you and a bunch of others forget it, they're gonna get your address and send you adverts for viagra and cialis. 

What's STMO's email addy again.

He would buy some too!

A 12-pack, one a month should see him for the year 

[CaptainZok]

These kinds of things are spread by spammers to gleen email addresses, they go around and around in circles.  Once someone sends it to you and a bunch of others forget it, they're gonna get your address and send you adverts for viagra and cialis. 

What's STMO's email addy again.

He would buy some too!

A 12-pack, one a month should see him for the year 

For Bruce Lee night as he calls it.

[Tony H]

These kinds of things are spread by spammers to gleen email addresses, they go around and around in circles.  Once someone sends it to you and a bunch of others forget it, they're gonna get your address and send you adverts for viagra and cialis. 

What's STMO's email addy again.

He would buy some too!

A 12-pack, one a month should see him for the year 

At least that would stop him p*ssing on his slippers 12 times a year 

[Mysteryman]

I have a very good relationship with my rubber glove. It's harmless fun and, as no women are involved, also very cheap. Wanky-wanky-money-in the-banky

my email address is stmo@wakefield.gov. Didn't know I was a civil servant, did ya?

[CaptainZok]

I have a very good relationship with my rubber glove. It's harmless fun and, as no women are involved, also very cheap. Wanky-wanky-money-in the-banky

my email address is stmo@wakefield.gov. Didn't know I was a civil servant, did ya?

Uncivil surely.

[Gaffers]

I have a very good relationship with my rubber glove. It's harmless fun and, as no women are involved, also very cheap. Wanky-wanky-money-in the-banky

my email address is stmo@wakefield.gov. Didn't know I was a civil servant, did ya?

do you work in the US Civil Service or did you miss off the .uk at the end?

[Vamps]

I have a very good relationship with my rubber glove. It's harmless fun and, as no women are involved, also very cheap. Wanky-wanky-money-in the-banky

my email address is stmo@wakefield.gov. Didn't know I was a civil servant, did ya?

should end in .gov.uk       fibbing again.....

[Entwood]

I have a very good relationship with my rubber glove. It's harmless fun and, as no women are involved, also very cheap. Wanky-wanky-money-in the-banky

my email address is stmo@wakefield.gov. Didn't know I was a civil servant, did ya?

Impossible .. you're never Civil .. and far to stroppy to be a good Servant