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Fraudsters targeting West Yorkshire with 'missed delivery' cards asking customers to call a premium-rate phone number
The parcel delivery scam tricking people into calling a premium-rate phone number has resurfaced; this time in the West Yorkshire area, according to Phonepayplus.
The phone-paid services regulator said it had received complaints from members of the public who had received a yellow parcel delivery card. This informs householders that the courier has been unable to deliver a parcel.
The recipient is then encouraged to call a premium-rate number which costs £1.50 per minute.
This scam has been carried out over a number of years, usually around Christmas and in different parts of the country. The fraudsters often post the card through the letterbox but the message can arrive by email as well.
Phonepayplus has been in contact with the network operator through whom the number, 09066641142, operates. The operator immediately agreed to switch off the number and withhold any revenue generated on the number pending further investigation.
Phonepayplus is now asking consumers, whether they live in West Yorkshire or elsewhere in the UK, to contact it on 0800 500 212 (Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm), or via its website, if they receive a parcel delivery card with this number or any other number beginning 09 on it.
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