Is this a scam?

The person on the other end already has your email address or phone number or you wouldn’t get emails or texts from them! Opening them does no harm, just don’t click on any links or respond. Then delete and block.

Ignore please-I don’t even open emails unless I know for certain where they’re coming from nor do I open text from those that I do not know because when you do the person on the other end has your details. It’s a tough world out there with regards to IT for sure!

I'm getting odd messages about Google Play, a bit odd so just ignoring them at the mo, but still alarming.
It makes me a bit wittery & nervous, modern living is not for the faint of heart alas! 🤔

Put a note on your calendar when car tax is due then if you rece

They are both scams.
Don't click on links, pay on line, give your bank details out.
Some scams supply a telephone number to make payments but they won't be legitimate numbers. Never call them, get the number yourself.
Close the emails, block and delete.
I've had several DVLA emails and I don't drive or own a car.
You can always contact DVLA to ask.
If in doubt, check it out.

CariadAgain

There does seem to be an awful lot of this type of thief around these days. I gather it's partly down to the fact that many British callcentres were put overseas by the firms (in order to save themselves the cost of higher British salaries). Then some of them have been brought back - but the staff in some of the foreign callcentres just stayed put and "turned their hand" to doing scammer phonecalls instead of legitimate ones.

It’s got diddly squat to do with call centres moved abroad.
It is a gigantuous industry.
There is a small town built by a Chinese owner to facilitate this business.
It is estimated that there are 7,000 people working there, many of them are prisoners that were sold to the Chinese owner.
They can’t leave.
Watch the film Hunting the Catfish crime Gang.
Nobody is going to stop this horror so it’s up to everyone to be alert. And educate yourself.

Definitely a scam! Delete it. It's horrible ,but we must now be super-careful, especially if an email or text message arrives unexpectedly.

Last week my DH had a text message from an unfamiliar number just saying 'Dad, save this number.' If DH had done that, the next thing would have been a request for money to replace a 'lost phone' or something!

There does seem to be an awful lot of this type of thief around these days. I gather it's partly down to the fact that many British callcentres were put overseas by the firms (in order to save themselves the cost of higher British salaries). Then some of them have been brought back - but the staff in some of the foreign callcentres just stayed put and "turned their hand" to doing scammer phonecalls instead of legitimate ones.

PamQS

crazyH

Couple of days ago, I had a very irate man on the phone telling me that if I don’t pay them the money I owe Amazon, they would send the police to my door. I use Amazon a lot, and my Credit Card is registered with them. I put the phone down, ofcourse and straight away checked the balance on my bank accounts. I think they target older people, scaring them into paying up 😡

I had someone saying they were from 'Sky' something and I needed to pay over £200 which I had allegedly agreed to when I bought whatever service it was. I said I hadn't bought anything from Sky. He said 'Well then, we shall deduct the amount required from your bank account'. I said 'Oh no you won't!' Very angrily, and he slammed the phone down!

My son tells me I should put the phone down as soon as I realise it's a potential scammer, but I like to give them a hard time!

I give them a hard time with a whistle 🤬

Delete it, it will be a scam

Georgesgran

That’s why I opted to pay my car tax monthly, so it never runs out and if I see it on my bank statement, I know it’s paid.

I pay mine by direct debit too, I feel much safer that way.

crazyH

Couple of days ago, I had a very irate man on the phone telling me that if I don’t pay them the money I owe Amazon, they would send the police to my door. I use Amazon a lot, and my Credit Card is registered with them. I put the phone down, ofcourse and straight away checked the balance on my bank accounts. I think they target older people, scaring them into paying up 😡

I had someone saying they were from 'Sky' something and I needed to pay over £200 which I had allegedly agreed to when I bought whatever service it was. I said I hadn't bought anything from Sky. He said 'Well then, we shall deduct the amount required from your bank account'. I said 'Oh no you won't!' Very angrily, and he slammed the phone down!

My son tells me I should put the phone down as soon as I realise it's a potential scammer, but I like to give them a hard time!

ExDancer

I keep getting emails from these people

t឵a឵x឵-v឵e឵h឵i឵c឵l឵e@u឵pd឵a឵t឵e.g឵o឵v.u឵k
From:
[email protected]

telling me my car tax is due. I usually get a letter and a green form, if memory isn't playing up, and pay online. But I have no paperwork, and as we have no tax discs any more, I just don't know if my car is taxed or not.
The insurance is due in November.
I don't know about you, but life was a lot easier when everything was written on paper!
Do I just ignore it?

It's a scam. I had one too - forward it to:

[email protected]

Hopefully it will get sorted!

You could always print off a paper copy of the receipt. Or if no printer, start a file on your computer hard drive for Car or even a Car folder on your email and save the receipts into that, along with anything else about the car. Then easy to check. I always ignore any request for payment and check with the provider if in any doubt. Scams for Amazon and DHL are the ones I mainly get but if by phone and if a robotic sounding voice I cut them off anyway unless expecting something like a taxi.

I always get reminders by email but I also put it on my phone calendar for when it's next due. Check on the DVLC website and they will tell you the exact date it's due.

You only need to look at the email address to know it is a scam!!

Sounds like a scam….check the government website to see if your car is taxed.

Definitely a scam.

I've just looked at the sender, Urevo.com, and it sells fitness equipment!

I frequently receive the one about the road tax. It’s definitely a scam as I have never owned a car in the UK, nor have I lived there for the past 43 years.

I telephoned the DVLA and was assured it was correct, my licence renewal was due on 7th March, however I was very worried that's why I called TWICE. Theur calls are recorded. If you are being asked for bank details then it is a scam. I am just hoping that all is well.

My DH fell for this scam and gave them all his debit card details, address, phone no and even d.o.b. The web page he had to fill in looked real and the real email address the scam was sent from also look possibly real.
Luckily he had second thoughts and we were able to stop the card before anything was taken.
A week or so later he had phone call, purportedly from his bank, asking if he had made a large payment on his NEW card. They were asking to identify himself by giving them the middle 8 digits or the new card. As he is hard of hearing I took over the call - it is a joint account - so I asked the ‘bank’ to identify themselves by giving me info about myself. The caller said he did not have access to that info.
I hung up and contacted the bank directly on a different phone for safety. It wasn’t the bank that had called. The scammer had failed with his email so was now trying to get the new card no. The real bank agent told us that they would only need the middle 8 digits of a card if they had details of the cancelled debit card.
I think my DH has got away with it this time.

BTW you can check on an email address that appears genuine by either hovering over it, or if that doesn’t work, start a reply and the real email address will appear. Don’t actually send the reply.

I pay annually online when I get the paper reminder. I keep the email receipts in an email folder along with any other receipts that I might need, such as paying the ULEZ charge.

You can check the tax and MOT status of any car on the gov.uk website. I did it recently after a car was parked outside my house for about 6 days without moving at all. I was irritated that I couldn't park outside my own home while not wanting to annoy my neighbours by parking outside theirs. Fortunately it eventually disappeared, but had it not had tax and MOT I'd have notified the police.

Definitely a scam - delete and ignore it. They send them to frighten people into paying into scammers bank accounts when insurance/tax isn't even due.

Might well be a scam.

I'd recommend that if you're concerned, you phone or otherwise contact the government department directly (via their contact details on the official government web site, not via any details provided in the suspect communication). They'll be able to tell you if there's an issue.