national mileage register?

prowla

I received a letter headed "national mileage register", regarding a car I previously owned, saying that they had got my details from the DVLA and asking me to go to their website hpicheck.com/nmr and enter the mileage of .


The thing is, I MOT'd the car just before I sold it, so the mileage is officially recorded.


Further to that, the garage I sold it to appears to have done another MOT last week, which shows an up-to-date mileage.


The MOT history is available online and anybody can look it up.



So I'm wondering why the heck these people are asking me that?

[Deleted User]

Just googled and found this https://www.theaa.com/cars/news/ask-edmund/the-national-mileage-register

Might be concerned it's been clocked

jk0

I'm wondering if it's a scam to harvest your details?

Car_54

jk0 wrote: »

I'm wondering if it's a scam to harvest your details?

They already have his name and address. They're asking for the mileage of a car he no longer owns.
What details do you imagine they're "harvesting"?

eschaton

jk0 wrote: »

I'm wondering if it's a scam to harvest your details?

If it was, it would probably qualify as the UK’s longest running scam.

facade

I'd be suspicious too. what are you agreeing to when you fill it in?



All you know is that in your ownership the recorded mileage is correct to the MOTs, and you have nothing further to add.


No-one is ever going to admit a car "lost" 90,000 miles while they owned it surely? So there is no point in asking....

EssexExile

eschaton wrote: »

If it was, it would probably qualify as the UK’s longest running scam.

Quite so, I've had a few over the years. I'm not sure why they still do it now the MOT history is available.