Postal scam NOT A JOKE, READ
Have you had it?
It says:
Can you circulate this around especially as Xmas 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.
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.
My question is :
Do you find this kind of thing helpful and do you mind having your email address blasted all over the country?
I had the following reaction:
I wish you'd use a bit of judgement as you circulate scare stories.
Yes it's interesting for the national news but not appropriate for the likes of emails to Ulverston.
This is a gross destraction from getting on with the really important things in life - like talking to our neighbour.
We're not going to have these cards through our letter boxes here.
Secondly I can't remember how you got my email address but before you start circulating nearly a hundred people with my address and many more of other people's addresses - could you first learn how to send blind copies to others so that our email addresses are kept private.
I hope this reply doesn't stop you taking initiatives in the future but please exercise some thought and consideration before you do it next time.
Geoff
Yes it's interesting for the national news but not appropriate for the likes of emails to Ulverston.
This is a gross destraction from getting on with the really important things in life - like talking to our neighbour.
We're not going to have these cards through our letter boxes here.
Secondly I can't remember how you got my email address but before you start circulating nearly a hundred people with my address and many more of other people's addresses - could you first learn how to send blind copies to others so that our email addresses are kept private.
I hope this reply doesn't stop you taking initiatives in the future but please exercise some thought and consideration before you do it next time.
Geoff
Was I being ungrateful?
1 comment:
The email is 5yrs out of date, always best to google the phone number to see what the world says.
People forward on this viral email out every year
http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/output/news/Postal-scam-chain-email-PhonepayPlus-statement.aspx
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