Warning scam alert !

[lesj]

Printed in our monthly village Magazine was the following warning[/div]

CHRISTMAS SCAM ALERT FROM CAB

Christmas is fast approaching. Royal Mail and the Trading Standards Office are 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 and that you need to contact them on 0906 661911 ( a premium rate number)

If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message, you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call.
If a client does receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655 or your local Trading Standards Office.

[pedrosacapuntas]

Is the scam that calling that number is the premium one?

[roberts76]

That scam was shut down in 2005 and the number in question hasn't been in use since then. The scam was comprehensively rebuked as far back as 2011.
www.theguardian.com/money/2011/nov/04/parcel-delivery-service-pds-premium-number

No phone number will bill you £300+ just for calling.

The most expensive numbers you're able to call in the UK are:

09XX numbers, which incur a £6 access charge and no more than £3.60 a minute.
118 XXX numbers have a £4.50 access charge and £4.50 a minute charge and are used for directory enquiries.