Licensesafe scam

Lancy_2

Doe anyone have a phone no for Licence Safe. I note one user came up with a name as sole director: Choukrum Benjamin Nessim with address in Ashford but I can't find a phone number.

Hasbeen

Lancy_2 said:

Doe anyone have a phone no for Licence Safe. I note one user came up with a name as sole director: Choukrum Benjamin Nessim with address in Ashford but I can't find a phone number.

Sorry you are wasting your time:  


Companies like these take the money from people who did not do due diligence. And ignore the costs and then proceeded.  


They do not want people/customers phoning to get money back that the customer has provided. 


As said sorry but in future only use   .gov.UK   sites for licences, passports etc.

lemondrops69

Ad in BOLD next to the website is a give away too, as above, due diligence is the key. A fool and his money.......... applies here

cymruchris

lemondrops69 said:

Ad in BOLD next to the website is a give away too, as above, due diligence is the key. A fool and his money.......... applies here

I still have my money - but am often labelled a fool

lemondrops69

cymruchris said:

lemondrops69 said:

Ad in BOLD next to the website is a give away too, as above, due diligence is the key. A fool and his money.......... applies here

I still have my money - but am often labelled a fool

Being a fool isnt necessarily for the poor

JulieJadeJack

Hasbeen said:

Lancy_2 said:

Doe anyone have a phone no for Licence Safe. I note one user came up with a name as sole director: Choukrum Benjamin Nessim with address in Ashford but I can't find a phone number.

Sorry you are wasting your time:  


Companies like these take the money from people who did not do due diligence. And ignore the costs and then proceeded.  


They do not want people/customers phoning to get money back that the customer has provided. 


As said sorry but in future only use   .gov.UK   sites for licences, passports etc.

I have no number but am negotiating via e mail contact now. Seeing as these people are technically legal i realize I cant really call it a scam , but they are deliberately misleading people and it is quite clear from all the complaints I have seen which is not acceptable. 
Yes I will be more careful from now on to the people that said I ignored costs or was lazy etc  that is not quite correct , but it is a lesson learned.

HansOndabush

Yes they are misleading people and they know full well what they are doing.
OP how about getting in touch with your local MP about it? In the end the law has to change to prevent this type of thing.

boobyd

HansOndabush said:

Yes they are misleading people and they know full well what they are doing.
OP how about getting in touch with your local MP about it? In the end the law has to change to prevent this type of thing.

Why are they misleading
I have turned off any adblockers, I have accessed the first 5 ad sites, none look like the DVLA, They all have disclaimers, yes you have to scroll to see it.
What about sites that have..co.uk after them? that aren't UK companies.
In this day and age people need to take personal responsibility for being on the net, everything is well documented now.
They offer a service, how they and Passport renewal was changed some years ago to stop them using the gov logo etc

davidmcn

HansOndabush said:

Yes they are misleading people and they know full well what they are doing.
OP how about getting in touch with your local MP about it? In the end the law has to change to prevent this type of thing.

What exactly would this law say? There's nothing inherently unlawful (or immoral) about paying somebody to help you fill in forms - the Post Office do it, for example:

https://www.gov.uk/how-the-post-office-check-and-send-service-works

(not always particularly competently)

David713

HansOndabush said:

Yes they are misleading people and they know full well what they are doing.
OP how about getting in touch with your local MP about it? In the end the law has to change to prevent this type of thing.

How is the site in question in any way misleading?
On their home page the two following bits of information are clearly shown:



And the bolding to highlight the fact that they are not the official DVLA website was not added by me. That's exactly how it appears on the website.
The a little bit further down the page, this is shown (again, very clear and in no way hidden or ambiguous):


Then once you click on the tab to start applying, the following is clearly shown on every page where you are required to enter your details:

And all of those warnings are visible long before you even get to the payment page where you agree that you have read the applicable T&C's, and the following is right at the top of those terms and conditions so there's no need to scroll through reams of information to find it:

exactly how many more warnings and how much more information do you honestly expect a company to give before it can be expected for applicants to have a bit of personal responsibility for their actions and inactions?