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Do PE actually scam people?

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  • Stonker
    Stonker Posts: 577 Forumite
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    hoohoo wrote: »
    It is always sensible to take a photo of your car outside the car park if you are going to double dip.


    But how do you prove when the photo was taken?

    My point was though that I might use the car, then my partner takes it out and neither of us actually discuss where we have gone. It would be an interesting scenario.
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    martmonk wrote: »
    I think the OP is asking whether PE effectively 'fiddle' by time stamping pics incorrectly.
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    ""I can take 2 photos of a car and timestamp them what I like""


    I misunderstood this, sorry.
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  • Stonker
    Stonker Posts: 577 Forumite
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    peter_the_piper wrote: »
    ""I can take 2 photos of a car and timestamp them what I like""


    I misunderstood this, sorry.


    No probs.

    I am seriously thinking about covering up my plates when I go in and out of Aldi
  • hoohoo
    hoohoo Posts: 1,717 Forumite
    Stonker wrote: »
    But how do you prove when the photo was taken?

    My point was though that I might use the car, then my partner takes it out and neither of us actually discuss where we have gone. It would be an interesting scenario.

    Most cameras timestamp photos. Download them to a PC and right click to see the properties, which may even include a GPS location.

    It would then be up to POPLA/the court to decide if your pictures were true. Given that faking evidence saw an MP and his ex banged up for a while, I think most assessors will believe your photo. Even the prankster got his ticket cancelled the one time he sent a photo in to POPLA
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  • Stonker
    Stonker Posts: 577 Forumite
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    hoohoo wrote: »
    Most cameras timestamp photos. Download them to a PC and right click to see the properties, which may even include a GPS location.

    It would then be up to POPLA/the court to decide if your pictures were true. Given that faking evidence saw an MP and his ex banged up for a while, I think most assessors will believe your photo. Even the prankster got his ticket cancelled the one time he sent a photo in to POPLA


    Maybe visiting anothe PE site would prove interesting evidence lol
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