car tax renewal

moonly

i recently went on line to pay my car tax but accidently went into a site www.vehicleinformation.uk. this appears above the official site and looks familiar. however i unwitingly subscribed to their site thinking i was paying my car tax. anyone else come across this.

couriervanman

moonly said:

i recently went on line to pay my car tax but accidently went into a site www.vehicleinformation.uk. this appears above the official site and looks familiar. however i unwitingly subscribed to their site thinking i was paying my car tax. anyone else come across this.

"unwitingly subscribed"........its quite clear that your signing up

Herzlos

couriervanman said:

moonly said:

i recently went on line to pay my car tax but accidently went into a site www.vehicleinformation.uk. this appears above the official site and looks familiar. however i unwitingly subscribed to their site thinking i was paying my car tax. anyone else come across this.

"unwitingly subscribed"........its quite clear that your signing up

Only in the small print. It'd be easy enough to think you're only paying for a 50p check.

couriervanman

Herzlos said:

couriervanman said:

moonly said:

i recently went on line to pay my car tax but accidently went into a site www.vehicleinformation.uk. this appears above the official site and looks familiar. however i unwitingly subscribed to their site thinking i was paying my car tax. anyone else come across this.

"unwitingly subscribed"........its quite clear that your signing up

Only in the small print. It'd be easy enough to think you're only paying for a 50p check.

But the OP originally said they wanted to tax a car......its clear straight away its not the official gov site 

pogofish

Lots of people have.

There are dedicated threads/information in the appropriate forums here about these sites and what ou can do about them - this is a widespread issue and not motoring-related.

eg:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4917948/mse-guide-discussion-shyster-sites/p1

AdrianC

moonly said:

this appears above the official site

Yes, if you don't use an adblocker in your web browser, sponsored (paid) links do appear above others in search results. They clearly state they're sponsored, though.

Why didn't you just go type in the URL from your V11 tax reminder, though? You don't need to search, because they've given you the right URL?

Looking at that site's front page doesn't even give any obvious indication that this is the right place to tax your car. It does, however, state the charges right on the front page.

These scam sites have been around for years. Not just car tax - driving licences, tv licences, passports, ehic cards. Everything.
https://www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/copycat-websites/