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thank you for the info.xxx

hi carol ,this was,nt royal mail but a privat company.hubbys mate was not amused.xxxxxxxxxxxx

If Post office cannot deliver & leave you a card,you can ring your local sorting office, pay 50p at most to arrange for parcels to be left at local PO.

hello all,i also think that with xmas coming ,there will be lots of scams going on.so we need to be very vigilant.but its wrong that we should have to be like this.i wonder if the crooks ever got stung.lolxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

There are too many scams with people getting rich off Joe public, Ta for telling us, Joy, Caz xxx

Yes Joy, I was aware of that but it's a good idea of yours to put up this thread to remind us. Thank you. :-)

Talking about having to collect a parcel, my postman left me a card from Royal Mail saying I had to go to the depot in Woolton Village. So having no direct bus route to Woolton from where I live I walked all the way there. ( I am a pensioner but still pretty fit.) I was handed a small box which would have easily gone through my letter box ! Thinking it was something from my family, I opened it on the way home, I can't repeat what I said when I found what it contained. Two flaming free low energy light bulbs !!!!! from British Gas . Grrrr !!!!

That is disgusting and how many people will have fallen for it so easy if you are not thinking and haven't heard about it.I know my lad got a note through the door poor kid i dived on it don't ring I said turned out it was legit he was only going on the PC to find out where the depot was so he could pick up his parcel with out waiting for it. Sad when we have to be so suspisious. Germaine x

I worry about the elderly on this one too. Some people are so heartless they won't care who they con. 15 pounds is a lot out of someones pension. xx

its so easy to fall for i think ruth,and they know that.but the more that know the better eh.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I think at this time of year we need to be careful. Did hear about this scam. Worth passing it on.

hi germaine,its nice to have good posties eh.hubbys mate was so angry as it was,nt the royal mail who sent it ,but another company,what a scam eh,hes £15 less now.xxxxxxxxx

There was a notice in the Age Concern window about this big scam think there was a number to report it. I have great postmen well my usual ones are they know I never hear the door so they come round the back. Germaine x

thats the one ann,but hubbys mate fell for it.he was not a happy bunny.xxxxxxxxxxxxx

This has been in the papers, it is a pure scam, there is no parcel, I think it might be an 0901 number. it is nothing to do with the Post Office. Ann Glos

sylvia what you like.lolxxxxxxxxx

Thanks for letting me know that Joy Rosex

Ooops sorry Joy, thought you meant Royal Mail (I take it all back RM) lol

Our postman delivers parcels that don't fit through the letterbox. Well, ones he can actually carry! And I've rung them before and it didn't cost me £15 =/ They asked when I'd like it redelivered, I told them, they said thank you and bye. Cost £1 at the most =/

hi girls ,this scam was,nt by royal mail,but another company.and theres nothing anyone can do.xxxxxxxxxxx