And I'm Afraid it's Back to Dear Old Gulza Dean

If you've been following this saga, you'll know that I received a letter from Mr. Dean, and that I reported its contents to Action Fraud. You might also know that one or two other people received identical letters, and commented on them here.

I received an e-mail today from Action Fraud, and I'm copying it here in full so that if you have received a letter from Gulza Dean, you will know what you can do about it:

Fortunately, as you have not responded to this e-mail/letter, you would not be classified as a victim or even intended victim of this fraud. You will have received what is known as a mass mailing of this letter. Copies of this email/letter will have been sent to hundreds, if not thousands of people, on the off-chance somebody will respond.

In this instance, this fraud would be better reported to Consumer Direct who could then use this information to gauge the scale of the e-mails/letters being distributed. Consumer Direct can be contacted by telephone on 0845 404 0506, opening times are 8am- 6:30pm Monday – Friday, 9am – 1pm Saturdays and their website address is www.consumerdirect.gov.uk.

I live in France. One of the other people who received a letter from Mr. Dean and commented on it here lives in the United States. I think, therefore, that the number of letters (or e-mails) being distributed is probably very large indeed.

I appreciate that it can very onerous to take the time to report things like this - and I know, too, that in most cases the letters will hit the bin and no one will be the worse for it. But most cases are not all cases. As I have said before: nobody spends this much money if they don't expect to get something back. Someone somewhere is going to fall for this scam - and therefore something needs to be done about Mr. Dean.

Please do get in touch with Consumer Direct if you have received a letter from Gulza Dean about anything at all - and please don't be concerned that Consumer Direct is situated in Britain if you are living in another country. According to the letter I received, Gulza Dean (or someone acting on his behalf) is also situated in Britain...