Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Fake delivery festive scam
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But some useful info about scam-spotting below.
But some useful info about scam-spotting below.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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This has been around for years. Royal Mail Fraud get very testy if you call them as it's a telephone scam ( which was shut down years ago ) and not a mail scam. But thanks anyway :-)
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Permalink Reply by Kit on
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So it's a hoary Christmas tradition?
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And a fake parcel in the po-o-ost...
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If there's someone you really don't like,such as your ex's new partner ( or even your ex, I suppose ) maybe you could contrive to call the Belize number from their phone and see what happens :-)
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Permalink Reply by james walsh on
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Can you please private message me this 'Belize telephone number'. I collect high cost telephone numbers so that when i get 'junk email' asking for my details i send them a premium rate 'porn chat' telephone number as my contact number. These are 'only' about 15 pounds per minute so i would be delighted to send them this new telephone number (ask for Jack) as my contact telephone number.
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Permalink Reply by Malcolm on
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Please, please, please check these sort of email warnings on www.snopes.com before forwarding them. If you'd done this, you'd have seen here that this scam was shut down in 2005.
And when the scam was running, the bill was £9, not over three hundred pounds.
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If you think you've been 'phone scammed' here is the regulatory body to go to with complaints. http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/output/default.aspx
PhonepayPlus investigates complaints about phone-paid services. Where it decides that its rules have been broken, it can fine the company responsible, bar access to its services, and even bar the individual behind the company from running other services under a different company name. Investigations and adjudications are free to consumers and fully independent.
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My bad. This looked like a genuine warning, came via a source I trust. Post deleted for reasons of numptyishness. But the info on snopes.com will be handy for future ref.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Not to worry Kit, lots of trusted sources get tripped up by this one, including this one
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One presumed scam, which has just happened to me, is someone rings up and says " this is... debt agency. If you have any unpaid debts on your credit cards we are going to raise your interest rate. Do you have any unpaid debts ? )
Me: " no "
Him: " Does anybody in your family have unpaid debts on their cards "
Me: Second word is " off "
I assume it's an attempt to scare you into giving out credit card details.
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