Phone Scams
This came on 2nd August via a coordinator. (Note the differences between this bulletin re the parcel scam and the original. It shows how messages evolve with time.)
I have just pasted this in as it arrived.
Phone Scam
I have been advised of a telephone fraud currently in operation — this applies to home and work telephones, landlines and mobiles.
If you receive one of these calls, upon answering the telephone you will hear a recorded >message congratulating you on winning an all expenses paid trip to an exotic location. You will then be asked to press 9 to hear further details. If you press 9 you will be connected to a premium rate line that costs approximately 820 per minute.
The final part of the call involves you being asked to key in your postcode and house number, which has other serious consequences. After a further 2 n minutes you will receive a message informing you that you are none of the lucky winners.
The total bill by then will be £100.
Even if you disconnect immediately, it will remain connected for a minimum of 5 minutes costing around £100.
Since the calls are from outside the UK, BT and other telephone companies are left relatively powerless to act. The only safe solution it to hang up on unsolicited free offer calls.
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There is another scam operating on mobile phones as well. A missed call comes up. The number is 0709 0203840, the last four numbers may vary, but certainly the first four will remain the same. If you call this number back you will be charged £50 per minute. People have complained about their phone bills once they have realised the cost of the call, but apparently this is completely legal. So beware, do not call back numbers beginning with 0709. Please pass this information on.
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This has come from Essex County Council via Hertfordshire Police: If you receive a card through the door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) saying that you have a parcel awaiting delivery >instructions, can you contact them on 0960 661 1911 DO NOT CALL the number as it is a mail scam originating in Belize.
If you call the number you and start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call
If you receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 0207 239 6655 of ICTIS at www.icsstis.org.uk or your local Trading Standards Office
I have just pasted this in as it arrived.
Phone Scam
I have been advised of a telephone fraud currently in operation — this applies to home and work telephones, landlines and mobiles.
If you receive one of these calls, upon answering the telephone you will hear a recorded >message congratulating you on winning an all expenses paid trip to an exotic location. You will then be asked to press 9 to hear further details. If you press 9 you will be connected to a premium rate line that costs approximately 820 per minute.
The final part of the call involves you being asked to key in your postcode and house number, which has other serious consequences. After a further 2 n minutes you will receive a message informing you that you are none of the lucky winners.
The total bill by then will be £100.
Even if you disconnect immediately, it will remain connected for a minimum of 5 minutes costing around £100.
Since the calls are from outside the UK, BT and other telephone companies are left relatively powerless to act. The only safe solution it to hang up on unsolicited free offer calls.
***
There is another scam operating on mobile phones as well. A missed call comes up. The number is 0709 0203840, the last four numbers may vary, but certainly the first four will remain the same. If you call this number back you will be charged £50 per minute. People have complained about their phone bills once they have realised the cost of the call, but apparently this is completely legal. So beware, do not call back numbers beginning with 0709. Please pass this information on.
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This has come from Essex County Council via Hertfordshire Police: If you receive a card through the door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) saying that you have a parcel awaiting delivery >instructions, can you contact them on 0960 661 1911 DO NOT CALL the number as it is a mail scam originating in Belize.
If you call the number you and start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call
If you receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 0207 239 6655 of ICTIS at www.icsstis.org.uk or your local Trading Standards Office
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