PHONE SCAMS

This information is provided to help and give advice on a variety of everyday issues -. many are common sense but none the less may help you .

Please be aware of some of the latest scam going around the south of the country at the moment:

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 http://www.icstis.org.uk or your local trading standards office.

This is a genuine scam.

This service is under investigation by ICSTIS. Please be aware of this scam and forward this information to as many as possible.