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DRS Bailiffs SCAM: Baillif Debt collection letter

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  • foden11
    foden11 Posts: 97 Forumite
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    How many will have panicked receiving one of these and paid.  
  • Hmmm there must be an instance in 2022 of you inputting online your car reg and name/address and phone number.  Think hard.

    When would you or a family member have put in that data online somewhere recently?

    This is a scam based on fraudulently-obtained online data and we'd like to work out the common source.  Are there any Uber food delivery drivers in the family - that was suggested as a possible source earlier.
    Yes i am a rider myself. Did check for my insurance a few months ago with ZEGO
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 152,019 Forumite
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    edited 12 August 2022 at 7:39PM
    Thanks for your e-mail.
    I have stood down from my position of BPA Director of Operations and Business Development and I am working for the Association  as a part-time consultant until I retire on 31 August 2022.
    I am on leave and out of the country until Friday 19 August and will not be able to respond to your e-mail before then.
    If it is really urgent and can't wait until my return, please e-mail Sara Roberts - sara.r@britishparking.co.uk
    All the best
    Steve Clark

    Automatic reply for steve clark

    Send it to Sara Roberts along with a copy of the email the scammers sent you:

    sara.r@britishparking.co.uk

    Tell her this is NOT about a BPA member but is further evidence about the fake DRA scam company that the BPA already reported to Action Fraud.  Tell her this is being discussed on MSE and the scam has moved on from impersonating a parking firm and DRA and they now impersonate bailiffs.

    See attached letter and email reply when they were contacted before it was realised it's a scam.

    Give Sara a link to this thread URL.



    Also report this scam to the Bailiff Trade body, CIVEA and ask them to report this offence to the appropriate bodies for impersonating bailiffs:

    CIVEA Limited

    513 Bradford Road, Batley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, WF17 8LL

    Email: admin@civea.co.uk
    Representing: Non-High Court Enforcement

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  • Grizebeck
    Grizebeck Posts: 3,967 Forumite
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    Also email the scammers back and tell them you know they are scam :p
  • Thanks for your e-mail.
    I have stood down from my position of BPA Director of Operations and Business Development and I am working for the Association  as a part-time consultant until I retire on 31 August 2022.
    I am on leave and out of the country until Friday 19 August and will not be able to respond to your e-mail before then.
    If it is really urgent and can't wait until my return, please e-mail Sara Roberts - sara.r@britishparking.co.uk
    All the best
    Steve Clark

    Automatic reply for steve clark

    Send it to Sara Roberts along with a copy of the email the scammers sent you:

    sara.r@britishparking.co.uk

    Tell her this is NOT about a BPA member but is further evidence about the fake DRA scam company that the BPA already reported to Action Fraud.  Tell her this is being discussed on MSE and the scam has moved on from impersonating a parking firm and DRA and they now impersonate bailiffs.

    See attached letter and email reply when they were contacted before it was realised it's a scam.

    Give Sara a link to this thread URL.



    Also report this scam to the Bailiff Trade body, CIVEA and ask them to report this offence to the appropriate bodies for impersonating bailiffs:

    CIVEA Limited

    513 Bradford Road, Batley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, WF17 8LL

    Email: admin@civea.co.uk
    Representing: Non-High Court Enforcement

    will do right away
  • Coupon Mad. Thanks a lot. Seriously.  <3
  • patient_dream
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    Mouse007 said:

    The reply above is illiterate and indicates these people are not English

    "I hope I made myself understood with what I brought to your attention."


    Romanian if I recall correctly
    With a direct line to Nigeria ....... no doubt
  • Grizebeck said:
    Also email the scammers back and tell them you know they are scam :p
    I have plans
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,379 Forumite
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    If you do a check on the main person(s) involved in DRS and Zego, there is a very similar name that might be worth further scrutiny. Maybe these are very common names in that community, so I may be barking entirely up the wrong tree. Worth having a look though. 
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

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