A scam I presume

[Octy0GG]

About 99.99999% sure it has to be a scam.

 

1. No details from my driving licence.

2. They don't know my address.

3. They don't know who I am.

4. No details of car or reg.

5. Nowhere near charge road at that time.

6. No contact details other than a Telephone number given but they declare that as temporarily unavailable. 

7. Only payment option is card online.

8. Not very well written.

9. Does not state where.

 

The more I type dafter it sounds.

 

Anyone else had one of these?

Is this one that is doing the rounds at present?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 14 October, 2020 by Octy0GG
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[UndertheRadar]

It’s a scam. I’ve had three already this week. There’s a warning on gov website if you google it. 

[Octy0GG]

Thanks - UnderTheRadar.

 

Just noticed this myself as well

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hmcts-warning-on-email-scams

 

So upgraded to 100% scam.

 

The other giveaway I missed out is I am in Scotland.

[Titanium_Man]

I’ve also had several, exact same email.

 

With that many missing pieces of important info only Stevie Wonder would have clicked on the link, surely?! 
 

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[@Lee]

I once had a penalty notice via email from New York Dept of Transportation  

[Aspman]

21 hours ago, Lee01 said:

I once had a penalty notice via email from New York Dept of Transportation  

 

Aye I've been done in France and Germany despite never having visited either since passing my test.

[VRS_White_Hatch]

33 minutes ago, Aspman said:

 

Aye I've been done in France and Germany despite never having visited either since passing my test.

Which surely proves all the alien abduction theory's: Your memory is being wiped. Pay up.

[mac11irl]

well the TFL number is 

0343 222 2222

 

the number given

0343 222 3331 is a registered scam call number...

https://who-called.co.uk/Number/03432223331

 

[Octy0GG]

No doubt of course the HM Courts and Tribunals email is a scam.

Still probably working fine for the scammers though, after all these scams will work well if 0.01% of people fall for it.

 

Unfortunately you can't always rely on 'who-called' type sites.

 

https://who-called.co.uk/Number/03457302011

 

Had me wondering but I am now convinced that this is a genuine number.

 

Nationwide Building Society/Customer service 0345 730 2011

Edited 16 October, 2020 by Octy0GG
clarification

[MikeTheThinker]

16 minutes ago, Octy0GG said:

Nationwide Building Society/Customer service 0345 730 2011

 

I rang it just now and navigated through their automated system, so it's either  genuine or someone has very detailed access to their inner technology ...

[Octy0GG]

1 minute ago, StickyMicky said:

 

I rang it just now and navigated through their automated system, so it's either  genuine or someone has very detailed access to their inner technology ...

Yes I have used it also and can confirm genuine.

[J.R.]

The number is genuine but the Nationwide would probably not be calling from that number, the scammers definitely are not but are exploiting a weakness of the system which means they can make a genuine number falsely appear on your caller ID

[Octy0GG]

1 hour ago, J.R. said:

The number is genuine but the Nationwide would probably not be calling from that number, the scammers definitely are not but are exploiting a weakness of the system which means they can make a genuine number falsely appear on your caller ID

That's kind of the gist of  Nationwide's explanation of how this number ended up with danger flags.

They also said it can be based on who the caller says they are - even without a caller ID.

Agreed, I would expect this number is only for Customers to contact Nationwide.

Still wouldn't entirely trust any incoming call as being genuine.

I was just checking the number before I used it. Only proceeded after calling a branch to get confirmation that this Customer Service number was OK