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Fake TV Licence E-mail

lincroft1710
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Had an e-mail from "TV Licensing" telling me my licence expired today and my bank had declined my DD. It would appear that "TV Licensing" have forgotten how to spell "licence" and are originating their e-mails from Japan!
If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales

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  • hollydays
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    Had a lot of these
  • soolin
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    hollydays wrote: »
    Had a lot of these

    Same here, it appears the latest popular scam.
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  • whitegoods_engineer
    whitegoods_engineer Posts: 636 Forumite
    You'd better pay up or you won't be able to watch re-runs of Monkey.
  • neilmcl
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    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    Had an e-mail from "TV Licensing" telling me my licence expired today and my bank had declined my DD. It would appear that "TV Licensing" have forgotten how to spell "licence" and are originating their e-mails from Japan!
    What spelling did they use?
  • DoaM
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    neilmcl wrote: »
    What spelling did they use?

    :D

    I know what you mean ... even The BBC/Capita don't use British English (licensing rather than licencing), although they do use licence correctly. :)

    https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/
  • oldagetraveller
    oldagetraveller Posts: 3,653 Forumite
    Licensing is correct as is practising. Both are "British" English.

    Licence and practice are nouns. e.g. TV Licence, Dental Practice.
  • oldernonethewiser
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    This scam was featured some time ago on You & Yours on Radio 4. The reporter commented that her producer had spotted that it was a scam straight away owing to the incorrect spelling of licence.


    I gather it is quite a clever scam so highlighting it, and any others, is always worthwhile.
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  • Cornucopia
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    edited 23 July 2019 at 4:29PM
    I imagine that TV Licensing are more worthwhile to impersonate on account of them serving a greater proportion of the UK population than any bank.

    Also, TV Licensing are not great at their official communications, so a fraudulent email becomes that much harder to spot.

    If anyone is ever in any doubt over the authenticity of an email from TV Licensing, don't use any details from the email, but contact them using their official phone contact numbers:-

    For payment card customers (cash plan): 0300 555 0286

    For everyone else: 0300 790 0368


    Opening hours:

    Monday to Friday: 08:30 to 18:30
    Saturday: 08:30 to 13:00
    Sunday and public holidays: closed
  • lincroft1710
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    neilmcl wrote: »
    What spelling did they use?

    "TV License"
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
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