Reliance Byte unpaid fuel notice scam?

fay321

Hi All,

I've received an unpaid fuel notice with all of my details, however this definitely wasn't me as I live nowhere near the fuel station mentioned and I've never been there before. The letter claims there is CCTV yet there is no image provided on the letter. I've googled the company and apart from their website, I can't see find much else.

Is this a scam I should ignore or should email them back asking for CCTV?

Thanks

Umkomaas

We deal with private parking tickets on this sub-forum. I've never seen this query/letter here before. Suggest you post on the general Motoring forum where similar letters are more likely to have been discussed. 

Just hit the 'Report' button (at the foot of each post and ask a helpful MSE Admin to move your thread to that more appropriate forum. Good luck in getting it resolved. 

Mark_d

I would call them and explain that you have never been to the petrol station mentioned.  If you have an android phone it's likely that google location history can show your whereabouts at the time of the incident.

I have heard of multiple incidents where criminals used cloned number plates for fuel theft and to go on and commit other crimes.  This may well be what has happened in your case.  Hopefully a phone call will get the company to review CCTV and satisfy themselves that it is not your car.

Good luck.

MikeJXE

Contact them here 

support@fdlreporting.co.uk

MattMattMattUK

The VAT number shows for Reliance Security Technologies Ltd and they are legitimate as company and work with the fuel industry so it could be genuine. The issue may be that someone has cloned yor number plate.

user1977

Or the plate has just been misread.

Veteransaver

Ask them for colour image, if it was a cloned or misread plate then colour / model etc may not even match your car which makes it easy to disprove.
Remember it's up to them to prove it was you, so don't bother with Google location data etc as that proves nothing anyway.

Car_54

Veteransaver said:

Ask them for colour image, if it was a cloned or misread plate then colour / model etc may not even match your car which makes it easy to disprove.
Remember it's up to them to prove it was you, so don't bother with Google location data etc as that proves nothing anyway.

And for that reason I wouldn't ask for images: that implies some doubt. Just tell them it wasn't you, never been there, etc.

prowla

Do they have to give disclosure like the parking scammers do?

Keep_pedalling

This appears to have been reported to the police so I would also make a police report that a car with your cloned number plate has been used to commit a crime. 

Car_54

Keep_pedalling said:

This appears to have been reported to the police so I would also make a police report that a car with your cloned number plate has been used to commit a crime. 

The OP doesn't know that. A simple mis-read is more likely.

And if he does, his reg. number will be on the database and he'll find himself being stopped quite a lot.