Text message from the DVLA
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I received a text message from the DVLA yesterday from an 07 Mobile no.
The text read something like the DVLA is desperately trying to contact me , please tap here .
We now only have one vehicle & i pay it S/0 monthly .
I have deleted the message without tapping here because it just doesn't sound right. Surely the DVLA would write to you or mail you .
Anyone else had this ?
The text read something like the DVLA is desperately trying to contact me , please tap here .
We now only have one vehicle & i pay it S/0 monthly .
I have deleted the message without tapping here because it just doesn't sound right. Surely the DVLA would write to you or mail you .
Anyone else had this ?
Black can man said:
I received a text message from the DVLA yesterday from an 07 Mobile no.
The text read something like the DVLA is desperately trying to contact me , please tap here .
We now only have one vehicle & i pay it S/0 monthly .
I have deleted the message without tapping here because it just doesn't sound right. Surely the DVLA would write to you or mail you .
Anyone else had this ?
No, but it's clearly a scam. The text read something like the DVLA is desperately trying to contact me , please tap here .
We now only have one vehicle & i pay it S/0 monthly .
I have deleted the message without tapping here because it just doesn't sound right. Surely the DVLA would write to you or mail you .
Anyone else had this ?
Same as I keep getting emails from HMRC. (Not when you look at the address....)
CDP said:
No, but it's clearly a scam.
Same as I keep getting emails from HMRC. (Not when you look at the address....)
I saw a woman on TV during the week who responded to an HMRC email, giving her bank details and then realised it was dodgy so she called her bank who apparently told her to keep an eye on her account to see if anything dodgy happened.Same as I keep getting emails from HMRC. (Not when you look at the address....)
Later in the day the banks fraud team called her up and told her some dodgyness was happening on her account and they had set up a secure account for her to temporarily transfer her funds too, to keep them safe. And they told her to come in for a meeting at the bank the next day.
That's right, it wasn't actually the banks fraud team, and yes she did transfer all her funds to the account number the scammers gave her!
Black can man said:
I received a text message from the DVLA yesterday from an 07 Mobile no.
The text read something like the DVLA is desperately trying to contact me , please tap here .
We now only have one vehicle & i pay it S/0 monthly .
I have deleted the message without tapping here because it just doesn't sound right. Surely the DVLA would write to you or mail you .
Anyone else had this ?
Yep, I had one a few months ago. DVLA don’t have my contact details other than my address, which was a bit of a give away! I deleted it, thinking that if they wanted to get hold of me they could write, and while it might be urgent to them, it was unlikely to be urgent to me. The text read something like the DVLA is desperately trying to contact me , please tap here .
We now only have one vehicle & i pay it S/0 monthly .
I have deleted the message without tapping here because it just doesn't sound right. Surely the DVLA would write to you or mail you .
Anyone else had this ?
DanL said:
Black can man said:
I received a text message from the DVLA yesterday from an 07 Mobile no.
The text read something like the DVLA is desperately trying to contact me , please tap here .
We now only have one vehicle & i pay it S/0 monthly .
I have deleted the message without tapping here because it just doesn't sound right. Surely the DVLA would write to you or mail you .
Anyone else had this ?
Yep, I had one a few months ago. DVLA don’t have my contact details other than my address, which was a bit of a give away! I deleted it, thinking that if they wanted to get hold of me they could write, and while it might be urgent to them, it was unlikely to be urgent to me. The text read something like the DVLA is desperately trying to contact me , please tap here .
We now only have one vehicle & i pay it S/0 monthly .
I have deleted the message without tapping here because it just doesn't sound right. Surely the DVLA would write to you or mail you .
Anyone else had this ?
Doesn't help when so many genuine contacts from organisations show an utter lack of security sense.
Say for example the (apparently completely genuine) call I got the other day trying to upsell my insurance. Blah blah OK yes we can chat about it - 'I need to confirm your identity, please tell me your date of birth and full address and postcode'. f
k off! 'Why would I tell you any of that when I have no idea who you are'. End of call.
Had similar things with bank calls before, non fraudulent ones asking for identity info to proceed. I know they were real ones as I called back via a different phone to the main contact number to follow up.
The only thing you can do is assume every contact you haven't initiated is a dodgy fraud.
Say for example the (apparently completely genuine) call I got the other day trying to upsell my insurance. Blah blah OK yes we can chat about it - 'I need to confirm your identity, please tell me your date of birth and full address and postcode'. f
k off! 'Why would I tell you any of that when I have no idea who you are'. End of call.Had similar things with bank calls before, non fraudulent ones asking for identity info to proceed. I know they were real ones as I called back via a different phone to the main contact number to follow up.
The only thing you can do is assume every contact you haven't initiated is a dodgy fraud.
If you keep an eye on any older people make sure they’re aware of scam calls in BT’s name, either an issue with your internet or the bill’s been short paid.
Older people get in a flap if they think their phone or internet might be cut-off and just hand over card details. These calls are at epidemic levels.
Older people get in a flap if they think their phone or internet might be cut-off and just hand over card details. These calls are at epidemic levels.
The problem isn't just the scam calls.
It's the (confirmed) real ones that have utterly fked security procedures too.
The banks, insurers etc. can hardly complain when they're laying the ground work for fraud themselves.
The only answer is to distrust any texts, emails or calls that you get until you can properly verify them.
As for elderly types just get a phone with call guarding and stop the things getting through.
It's the (confirmed) real ones that have utterly f
ked security procedures too. The banks, insurers etc. can hardly complain when they're laying the ground work for fraud themselves.
The only answer is to distrust any texts, emails or calls that you get until you can properly verify them.
As for elderly types just get a phone with call guarding and stop the things getting through.
Jonesy23 said:
The problem isn't just the scam calls.
It's the (confirmed) real ones that have utterly fked security procedures too.
The banks, insurers etc. can hardly complain when they're laying the ground work for fraud themselves.
The only answer is to distrust any texts, emails or calls that you get until you can properly verify them.
As for elderly types just get a phone with call guarding and stop the things getting through.
Before now I've politely said I won't give this information to a caller then asked the name of the person I'm dealing with and their branch before calling them back via the published number. They've never been upset about this and in fairness it hasn't been a scammer yet.It's the (confirmed) real ones that have utterly f
ked security procedures too. The banks, insurers etc. can hardly complain when they're laying the ground work for fraud themselves.
The only answer is to distrust any texts, emails or calls that you get until you can properly verify them.
As for elderly types just get a phone with call guarding and stop the things getting through.
Of course a really dedicated scammer might send a letter explaining all the numbers have changed before asking a caller to call them back but I don't think we've seen this yet and I get my numbers from (very) old statements or the website.
Jonesy23 said:
Doesn't help when so many genuine contacts from organisations show an utter lack of security sense.
Say for example the (apparently completely genuine) call I got the other day trying to upsell my insurance. Blah blah OK yes we can chat about it - 'I need to confirm your identity, please tell me your date of birth and full address and postcode'. fk off! 'Why would I tell you any of that when I have no idea who you are'. End of call.
Had similar things with bank calls before, non fraudulent ones asking for identity info to proceed. I know they were real ones as I called back via a different phone to the main contact number to follow up.
The only thing you can do is assume every contact you haven't initiated is a dodgy fraud.
same.Say for example the (apparently completely genuine) call I got the other day trying to upsell my insurance. Blah blah OK yes we can chat about it - 'I need to confirm your identity, please tell me your date of birth and full address and postcode'. f
k off! 'Why would I tell you any of that when I have no idea who you are'. End of call.Had similar things with bank calls before, non fraudulent ones asking for identity info to proceed. I know they were real ones as I called back via a different phone to the main contact number to follow up.
The only thing you can do is assume every contact you haven't initiated is a dodgy fraud.
I've also had RBS ask me for bits of my online login password. I replied asked them if they appreciated what terrible, fundamentally flawed security that was. They agreed. No wonder its my RBS credit card that keeps being scammed.
they need to teach rational, logical and critical thinking in schools. Oh wait they do... maybe people need to pay more attention!! In all seriousness though scams are designed to catch people out so it would be good if people at least tried to arm themselves with the ability to spot them.
Chrisgr31 said:
There was someone on twitter the other day complaining about the scam where callers pretend to be from BT. BT quickly posted in the thread about options available to try and prevent this fraud,
BT have Call Protect, which we got enabled on father-in-laws line, but he still gets some "BT" calls. I guess as long as they rapidly change the caller ID then they'll get through, and doctors etc call using with-held caller ID.I know there are other solutions but there's a level of faff involved for the caller which might not be ideal.
Johnspex said:
EC225Eng said:
I got a text message off of them on Friday, I’m glad they their website address assures me that it’s legit!
It's always the poor English that gives the game away.It should say 'eligible for' not 'eligible to'. Even worse than 'off of'.
Sheepshanks said:
Chrisgr31 said:
There was someone on twitter the other day complaining about the scam where callers pretend to be from BT. BT quickly posted in the thread about options available to try and prevent this fraud,
BT have Call Protect, which we got enabled on father-in-laws line, but he still gets some "BT" calls. I guess as long as they rapidly change the caller ID then they'll get through, and doctors etc call using with-held caller ID.I know there are other solutions but there's a level of faff involved for the caller which might not be ideal.
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