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Offline Snoopy

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Scam Alert
« on: December 02, 2010, 03:27:12 PM »
Scam Alert!
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8715721.Post_scam_alert/
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RESIDENTS in York are being warned not to fall for a postal scam which may be operating in the city.

Trading standards officers say they have been alerted to cards being pushed through doors from a company called Parcel Delivery Service (PDS), suggesting they were unable to deliver a package and asking the homeowner to phone them.

The number listed on the card, 0906 6611911, is a premium rate line and investigations have discovered it is a scam being run from Belize.

Anybody who calls the number and starts to hear a recorded message will be immediately charged £315.

If you are contacted by the company, phone the Royal Mail Fraud line on 020 7239 6655, with more information being available at crimestoppers-uk.org.
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Re: Scam Alert
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2010, 05:46:51 PM »
Deffo is a scam......haven't had any post for days now  lol:
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Re: Scam Alert
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2010, 05:47:42 PM »
 lol: lol: lol:
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Re: Scam Alert
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2010, 05:58:15 PM »
I've had two this week. One from SecretShopper® inviting me to join them in California  eeek:, and one from a firm of legal consultants assuring me that a relative of mine has died intestate and there's squillions in a bank account in Zurich with my name on it!  razz:
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Re: Scam Alert
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2010, 07:14:01 PM »
Quote from: Pastis on December 02, 2010, 05:58:15 PM
I've had two this week. One from SecretShopper® inviting me to join them in California  eeek:, and one from a firm of legal consultants assuring me that a relative of mine has died intestate and there's squillions in a bank account in Zurich with my name on it!  razz:

He was castrated  eeek: eeek: eeek:
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Re: Scam Alert
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2010, 07:17:17 PM »
I think we should publish a VP thesaurus.
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Re: Scam Alert
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2010, 07:18:07 PM »
Quote from: Miss Creant on December 02, 2010, 07:17:17 PM
I think we should publish a VP thesaurus.

A VP Profanasaorus?  ;D
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Re: Scam Alert
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2010, 07:22:33 PM »
Are they the ones that fly and have big teeth and swear at you?  rubschin:
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Re: Scam Alert
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2010, 07:23:52 PM »
Quote from: Nick on December 02, 2010, 07:22:33 PM
Are they the ones that fly and have big teeth and swear at you?  rubschin:

Yes Nick... happy100
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Re: Scam Alert
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2010, 08:14:20 PM »
Quote from: Nick on December 02, 2010, 07:22:33 PM
Are they the ones that fly and have big teeth and swear at you?  rubschin:

That's Ken Dodd
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Re: Scam Alert
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2010, 08:15:00 PM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on December 02, 2010, 08:14:20 PM
Quote from: Nick on December 02, 2010, 07:22:33 PM
Are they the ones that fly and have big teeth and swear at you?  rubschin:

That's Ken Dodd

 lol: lol: lol:
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