Is this a con?

[ONEDUNME]

My first thoughts are, yes, I'm pretty certain it is but I don't want to fuck it up on the outside chance that it isn't.


Got a card through the post and I want to know if it's genuine or if every fuckers got one. It's got Royal Mail in the corner (which means fuck all) and it says that there's a digital camera awaiting my instruction to be delivered and that I have to ring a number to arrange delivery.

All ok so far (with the exception that I'm not expecting a digital camera) but the small print -packages not claimed within 14 days will be returned to stock etc etc, it says that calls are charged at £1.50 per minute. Now I know that Royal Mail are struggling to plug the gap in their pension fund but this sounds highly unlikey even for that piss pot organisation so I'm thinking its a scam.

It also mentions PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) and a company called Studio telecom in Wrexham.

Whadayareckon

[Seen]

Sounds like a con to me, One.

In fact, I'll be amazed if it isn't.

[ONEDUNME]

Thanks Seen. The more I look at it, the more I think you're right.

Anyone else out there actually received one?

[crowie]

You know the rules ODM, if it looks to good to be true.....

The £1.50 a minute phone line would suggest its a bit iffy. Also why would a company give away digital camera's to random people who they don't know, have never had contact with before and are likely to never have contact with again? If you have entered some competition or whatever, fine, but just randomly getting a digi camera for little or no effort

I suppose you could do is call the number, if it sounds like its going to be a 30 minute phone call then hang up after a minute or so.

Worst that could happen is your phone line is suddenly tapped into a sex phone line (which doesn't allow disconnects) to Guyana at £45 every 15 seconds.....

[Winrew]

Bugger I should have read this earlier

[MickeyPaul]

I wouldn't go near anything like this. Ever. These bloody things asking you to phone such and such a number are all over the place and are a bloody disgrace. I must get 30 a week sent to my mobile alone.

[kompressaur]

duuurrrrrrrr!!

sorry i couldnt be more helpfull odm (one dummy) but i really want to take the mick out of you thinking you'd randomly won a camera. I've a old one there odm if you really want one so bad just give me a shout and its yours. Phone 08981230123

[aliensyndm]

Total con. Besides it could be a shite digital camera worth a fiver and then they make you stay on for £10 worth of calls.

[GETT1NLOTS]

Originally Posted by aliensyndm

Total con. Besides it could be a shite digital camera worth a fiver and then they make you stay on for £10 worth of calls.

I was going to post exactly the same. You'll get a camera but it will be the worst digital camera on the market and worth less than the phone call you just made.

[Swooperman]

I know someone who did the same type thing & got some good porn dvds ....honest, apparently they were really good

[aliensyndm]

Well that was stupid considering you have access to almost infinite supplies of porn on the net for free !

[Swooperman]

Yeah, like a techy wizard like me would know where to look

Anyway, it wasnt me

[ONEDUNME]

Originally Posted by kompressaur

duuurrrrrrrr!!

sorry i couldnt be more helpfull odm (one dummy) but i really want to take the mick out of you thinking you'd randomly won a camera. I've a old one there odm if you really want one so bad just give me a shout and its yours. Phone 08981230123

The whole point is that the card is the same as a form that you'd get if something was unable to be delivered and not some obvious spam thingy. It is Christmas time and it's not beyond the realms of posibility that someone could have actually bought me one of these things as a present, me being so popular and everything

[aliensyndm]

Well in that case the phone number would be for the post office or some place where they keep parcels and not some premium rate line !

[ONEDUNME]

Which is what the card is saying it is and that you need to phone to arrange delivery.

Forget I asked. Thanks for the replies.