drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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We got sent this in an official email from the uni, not some stupid hotmail chain thing, so it might be worth remembering.
Postal Scam
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 on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk.
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bubble
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Registered: 24th Jan 04
Location: Darwin, NT Australia.
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Originally posted by drunkenfool
We got sent this in an official email from the uni, not some stupid hotmail chain thing, so it might be worth remembering.
Postal Scam
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 on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk.
icstis have been http://www.phonepayplus.co.uk for about 3 weeks. use em at work
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dave17
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Current postal scam warnings: If you receive a copy of an email warning you about an alleged scam associated with the number 0906 661 1911, please do NOT forward it to others. This service was shut down by us in December 2005 and is no longer running. Please download this statement from PhonepayPlus for more information.
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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quote:
Originally posted by dave17
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Current postal scam warnings: If you receive a copy of an email warning you about an alleged scam associated with the number 0906 661 1911, please do NOT forward it to others. This service was shut down by us in December 2005 and is no longer running. Please download this statement from PhonepayPlus for more information.
Hahaha, I might forward that back to uni 
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Theres something like this on the notice bvoard at work 
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Welsh Dan
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Registered: 23rd Mar 00
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You can't get charged £15 for less than a minute of a phonecall anyway
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AndyKent
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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This was in our local paper this week.
Trading Standards shut them down in 2003 
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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aye we got this through the post too, must be a natinal thing
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Simon
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Registered: 24th Apr 03
Location: Oxfordshire
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Came to our work email too
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Deadude
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Registered: 30th Jun 07
Location: Spondon, Derby
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isnt £1.50 maximum charge per minute no matter what company it is or how they do it
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