SORN declaration.

carole555

Just done SORN on my car and came across web site called SORN registration services which looks just like government one. When you go through screens when you get to final screen to process SORN you get charged fee for the SORN . The DVLA charge no fee for declaring SORN they are trying to scam people out of money for service which is free.

AdrianC

Yep, these scams have been around for years.

From 2010 - https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2010/07/the-websites-that-charge-for-free-services/

TooManyPoints

A fool and his money......

Hasbeen

carole555 said:

Just done SORN on my car and came across web site called SORN registration services which looks just like government one. When you go through screens when you get to final screen to process SORN you get charged fee for the SORN . The DVLA charge no fee for declaring SORN they are trying to scam people out of money for service which is free.

That site comes up as an AD and the giveaway on the front page is:

"Our service is not connected to or affiliated with the DVLA OR GOV.UK"

  

Nearlyold

You'll find sites charging extra for all sorts of official documentation, Passports, Visas, All types of Licences, Birth Certificates.
In fact it's rare in many cases for the Genuine Site to be  near the top of the list after a Google search

AdrianC

Nearlyold said:

In fact it's rare in many cases for the Genuine Site to be  near the top of the list after a Google search

All it requires is a little learning how to use a web browser, and how to interpret the results.

1. If you have the URL, don't SEARCH it, just type it into the address bar.
2. When you get the search results, ignore the ones that are labelled as ads or sponsored results.
3. Use an adblocker.

facade

Nearlyold said:

In fact it's rare in many cases for the Genuine Site to be  near the top of the list after a Google search

They pay google to come out at the top.

nottsphil

AdrianC said:

Nearlyold said:

In fact it's rare in many cases for the Genuine Site to be  near the top of the list after a Google search

All it requires is a little learning how to use a web browser, and how to interpret the results.

1. If you have the URL, don't SEARCH it, just type it into the address bar.

That's quite difficult where the search field and address bar are the same box!

But I don't get why you would send money to a site which doesn't even have DVLA in its URL. 

Car_54

nottsphil said:

AdrianC said:

Nearlyold said:

In fact it's rare in many cases for the Genuine Site to be  near the top of the list after a Google search

All it requires is a little learning how to use a web browser, and how to interpret the results.

1. If you have the URL, don't SEARCH it, just type it into the address bar.

That's quite difficult where the search field and address bar are the same box!

But I don't get why you would send money to a site which doesn't even have DVLA in its URL. 

But the DVLA site doesn't have "DVLA" in its URL ....

AdrianC

nottsphil said:

AdrianC said:

Nearlyold said:

In fact it's rare in many cases for the Genuine Site to be  near the top of the list after a Google search

All it requires is a little learning how to use a web browser, and how to interpret the results.

1. If you have the URL, don't SEARCH it, just type it into the address bar.

That's quite difficult where the search field and address bar are the same box!

Yes, you can search from the address bar - but the search is a secondary function. Put a valid URL in, it acts as the address bar and goes straight to that URL. Put a non-valid URL in, it treats it as a search term.

nottsphil

Car_54 said:

nottsphil said:

AdrianC said:

Nearlyold said:

In fact it's rare in many cases for the Genuine Site to be  near the top of the list after a Google search

All it requires is a little learning how to use a web browser, and how to interpret the results.

1. If you have the URL, don't SEARCH it, just type it into the address bar.

That's quite difficult where the search field and address bar are the same box!

But I don't get why you would send money to a site which doesn't even have DVLA in its URL. 

But the DVLA site doesn't have "DVLA" in its URL ....

So it doesn't! When I put in dvla.gov.uk
it goes to the DVLA pages, but (I think) only because that's the last part of gov.uk that I visited.