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Alygran Fri 20-Nov-20 10:34:19

Did he google the DVLA site and click on an advertisement by mistake? I got caught like this when getting a US visa and paid over the odds. Companies pay to have their ad at the top of a google search outcome so it’s easily done,

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Jaxjacky Fri 20-Nov-20 10:31:31

My friend did exactly the same, I’m not sure if these people really work for the DVLA, there are scams all over, using the gov.uk site is the best option, £14.

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Cabbie21 Fri 20-Nov-20 10:31:01

I am not sure why you say that “this government body encourages this sort of practice”?
If you go straight to GOV.UK it won’t cost anything, but if you type into a search engine what may come up are the scam websites which charge the unwary a small fortune.

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Toadinthehole Fri 20-Nov-20 10:28:20

Thank you. It’s a long way off for us, but good to know. Hope your husband gets his money back?

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grannyrebel7 Fri 20-Nov-20 10:26:12

My DH has just renewed his driving licence with the DVL as he's approaching 70, or so he thought. For this he was charged £69. I thought this was quite expensive but thought no more of it. Turns out he'd actually gone through an agent working on behalf of the DVL to assist people with the process. To think that this government body encourages this sort of practice is scandalous. If he'd been more careful he could have renewed the licence on the DVL's website without incurring any cost. He's mad with himself for being duped like this as he's usually so careful. He's now written a strongly worded emailed telling them exactly what he thinks of this practice. He has over 2000 followers on Twitter and is going to make them aware of how easily it is to fall into this trap. He's asked me to warn all GNers too.

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