Postal fraud alert

Perhaps because people are seemingly waiting longer for their deliveries 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 £15 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud office or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk

Please let others know to avoid anyone else being ripped off. Our thanks to Rod Cottrell for providing this information.

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