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c/o LiaiseOnline Limited
1 Clewer Hill Road
Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 4BU
Tel: 0845 300 8824
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c/o LiaiseOnline Limited
1 Clewer Hill Road
Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 4BU
Tel: 0845 300 8824
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Beware of Postal Scam
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We've had notification that a story we published 2 years ago about a phone scam was in fact a fake... just an annoying email... we have corrected things by publishing the statement below.
We would however like to point out the power of our Business in Berkshire webiste, giving this story a top listing on Google, 2 years after the event... just think if you had a BinB Membership how your content could fly high! “A STATEMENT FROM PHONEPAYPLUS ABOUT THE CURRENT ‘POSTAL SCAM’ CHAIN EMAIL PhonepayPlus, the phone-paid services regulator, is aware that a chain e-mail about an alleged postal scam is being circulated on the internet. The email refers to the Royal Mail, Trading Standards and ICSTIS (PhonepayPlus’ former name). PhonepayPlus appreciates that recipients of the email may want to find out more information about the alleged scam and has therefore issued the following statement: The chain email refers to a service that was shut down by us in December 2005. We subsequently fined the company that was operating the service, Studio Telecom (based in Belize), £10,000. The service is NO LONGER running and has NOT been running since December 2005. The email refers to a £15 charge for simply being connected to a recorded message. This is NOT TRUE – a £15 connection charge does NOT exist. The service in question actually cost £1.50 per minute and lasted six minutes, making a total cost of £9 if callers stayed on the line for the full six minutes. You do NOT need to contact us, or the Royal Mail, about this service as it was stopped almost two years ago. If you receive a copy of the email warning you about the alleged scam, please do NOT forward it to others. Instead, please forward this statement from PhonepayPlus. Please go to www.phonepayplus.org.uk/pdfs_news/ConsumerGuide.pdf for useful information about how to recognise phone-paid services and understand what they cost and some simple tips to help you enjoy using services with confidence. Previous message: Just a couple of weeks ago we published an article about the latest mobile phone scam. It seems the scammers have been busy again and with Christmas approaching you should be wary of the following scam which involves a false message from a delivery service regarding an undelivered parcel. Read on for full details… The Trading Standards Office are currently 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. The card asks you to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number. 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 0207-239-6655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk |
