Driving Licence Replacement Scam!

eschaton

These kind of sites are aimed at gullible people.

Needless to say, the gullible always find them as well.

Branflake

Today I fell victim to Net-secure while renewing my photo driving licence. Totally my fault, did not pay enough attention in a hurry. Thought I was in DVLA site, turned out I paid £5 to check form was filled correctly - passport and driving licence number. As soon as I realised what I had done, I requested a refund and for them to delete all my details, they emailed back within 10 minutes with refund and confirmed they had deleted my details from their data base. Has anyone had their details used by Net-secure for identity fraud?

[Deleted User]

Install AdBlock from your web browsers app store = no more scams.

st999

what ever happened to post office round the corner and get physical forms

Exactly, whatever happened to post office round the corner and get physical forms?

They closed down.

[Deleted User]

My local post office on the corner does not deal in DVLA issues. You have to go into town to the 'big' post office for that.

Steve059

This begs the question whether you can renew a licence that requires a MOT certificate at a post office? The bit of paper you now get is, strictly speaking, a receipt. The actual certificate is online.

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Steve059 wrote: »

This begs the question whether you can renew a licence that requires a MOT certificate at a post office? The bit of paper you now get is, strictly speaking, a receipt. The actual certificate is online.

Post Office don't have access to the online MOT database so you still have to show your 'receipt'.

mattyprice4004

Sod what happened to the Post Offices, what happened to common sense?
It's so obvious from the text on their site that they are nothing to do with the DVLA.

Sue_Ryall

Its ok to criticise people but there are loads of reports about even the most savvy IT people falling foul to this one due to time pressures. Please don't blame the consumer it sounds rather arrogant and makes people feel worse [TEXT DELETED BY FORUM TEAM] Let's be positive and see whether there is a way to get money back.

1) Contact DrivingLicence.uk.com (or other company) to state you want to cancel your order. They will refuse and refer you to their t&c's (extremely small font section at bottom right hand side of website). This is the starting point!

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3) Contact bank and trading standards to state the above. Bank may give you money back but chances are slim!

4) Email company stating that you have asked for cancellation and they have refused. Go to Which website and type letter to complain about cancelling a service into search engine (this forum won't let me post the link) and complete template and send to company. cc email to Trading Standards. You will get a reply asking you to send letter by post but make sure that you send email and cc Trading Standards in as this is the start of legal process to get money back

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6) They will try and fob you off all the way but hold strong and be prepared to go to a small claims court to get your money back and threaten him with this repetitively. Don't get put off.

7) Speak to your MP and try and get them to do something via a select committee. They've just had energy producers in for price hikes so why cant they do something about these guys.

8) Give them a negative review on Google by clicking on the green tick by side of website. This will take you to a page where you can leave a review (bottom of screen). Suggest everyone does this in an attempt to expose them and get google to do something.

Good luck!

powerful_Rogue

Sue_Ryall wrote: »

2) The company are actually in breach of Distance Selling Regulations (2000) which states that you have seven days from placing your order and after receiving services/goods to cancel order and get refund. The company are breaching this regulation.

11.4 Due to the nature of the Services that we provide, we will begin to provide the Service to you with immediate effect upon the completed submission of your application.

As the company offers an "immediate service", it is therefore exempt from the DSR.