[access-uk] Re: Parcek Scam
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:35:16 -0000
Hi Roger,
Yes, I know the one you mean.
I checked it out at
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/pds.asp
You will see that it is true, though here's a snippit from that site's
comments which may be helpful:
ICSTIS
), the group that oversees premium rate services in the UK, removed access
to the service (which was using up to 20 different phone numbers) on 29
December
2005. (PDS was run through Studio Telecom, a service provider registered in
Belize, which had previously been
fined
and barred by ICSTIS for using misleading direct mail promotions to
generate calls to their service.)
Although the specific warning e-mail reproduced at the head of this page is
out of date, it represents a common form of telephone fraud that has been
used
in the past and will likely be used again, so the public is well advised to
be aware of it. UK telephone customers who find unexpected premium rate
charges
on their phone bills can obtain more information by looking up the
associated phone numbers via the
number checking facility
on the ICSTIS web site, and they can file complaints about premium rate
services through the ICSTIS' on-line
complaint form.
The original posting of the scam doesn't really add to what is said at the
URL given above but I could probably dig it out if you really want it.
--
Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "roger south" <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:42 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Parcek Scam
Hi All
Recently mention was made of a scam involving a high cost phone number
when replying to a card left in the door supposedly from a parcels courier
wanting to leave a package. It was said on list this was a closed scam
from last Christmas. On another list this has been reported as it was here
and I said what was posted. I'm now being told I'm wrong and the scam is
still alive.
Does anyone still have the post giving details of the Google search that
was posted please.
Roger
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