Take care if you get a card through the door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) saying that they have a parcel awaiting delivery instructions and asking you contact them by phone on 0906 661 1911. Whatever you do, don't call that number because it's a premium-rate line charging £1.50 a minute!

If you do receive a card with these details, you are advised to contact Royal Mail's fraud office on 020 7239 6655 or the premium-rate regulartor ictis at http://www.icstis.org.uk or your local trading standards office - or maybe all three.

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