16-07-2021, 07:54 PM
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Has Anyone Been Scammed On The ‘DVLA’ Website?
A person l know, who is over 70, told me he has been scammed out of £80.He went online to renew his driving licence and £80 was taken from his bank account.
He had filled in all his details to renew his licence and a box came up for him to fill in his bank details, so he did.
He feels so foolish and he’s hoping his credit card provider can retrieve his £80.
He is not hopeful.
16-07-2021, 08:08 PM
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Re: Has Anyone Been Scammed On The ‘DVLA’ Website?
I've heard of this happening before, apparently these 'scam' websites appear at the top of the list if searched for using one of the usual search engines, also they appear very authentic when found so take in the user very easily.The way to protect against something like this involving using any government website is to look for the '.gov.uk' at the end of the URL in your browser. The website below is the authentic DVLA website for renewing various licences:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organi...censing-agency
This is the main gateway website to all government websites, which can be found on here under their relevant titles:
https://www.gov.uk
16-07-2021, 08:16 PM
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Re: Has Anyone Been Scammed On The ‘DVLA’ Website?
Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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Nope. I assume he's informed his credit card provider and they've blocked his card and issued a replacement.Hopefully he's not been stung with any other fraudulent purchases in the meantime.
He has sent all the details and they are dealing with it.
16-07-2021, 10:59 PM
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Re: Has Anyone Been Scammed On The ‘DVLA’ Website?
Originally Posted by Artangel
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A person l know, who is over 70, told me he has been scammed out of £80.He went online to renew his driving licence and £80 was taken from his bank account.
He had filled in all his details to renew his licence and a box came up for him to fill in his bank details, so he did.
He feels so foolish and he’s hoping his credit card provider can retrieve his £80.
He is not hopeful.
16-07-2021, 11:26 PM
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Re: Has Anyone Been Scammed On The ‘DVLA’ Website?
Originally Posted by Roj Blake
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And a lot of these sites don't have a telephone number so you can't even contact anyone.
I think it must be a site that you log onto unwittingly as it looks official.
I suppose they would describe it as a service to help you renew your licence but sneak £80 from your credit card for ‘helping’ you.
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