ECP DCB Legal court claim

LDast

dfergzz said:

I have just received a text message from a regular mobile number stating the following:-

If you pay your PCN before October 16, 2024, you will be given a discount of £70, and overdue payment will result in a penalty of up to 200 percent, or your vehicle will be seized. Please deal with it in time.

Weblink here but I won't post this

Thank you again for your cooperation.

Does anybody know best advice on how to proceed from here?

That's a scam and nothing whatsoever to do with this. However, I suspect that the scammers have breached one of the bulk litigators data and are using it to issue these scam texts as a couple of friends I'm handling claims for have received the same scam texts. The common theme is DCB Legal.

Coupon-mad

dfergzz said:

I have just received a text message from a regular mobile number stating the following:-

If you pay your PCN before October 16, 2024, you will be given a discount of £70, and overdue payment will result in a penalty of up to 200 percent, or your vehicle will be seized. Please deal with it in time.

Weblink here but I won't post this

Thank you again for your cooperation.

Does anybody know best advice on how to proceed from here?

Errr...you realise that's an unrelated scam text? I thought everyone knew about this well-known scam text doing the rounds.

It's full of spelling mistakes, comes from a random email address, uses a dodgy 'bit. ly' link and threatens daft things that can't happen. Obviously a scam.

Le_Kirk

Be quick, you have to pay it by 15 Otc 2024 whenever that is!

dfergzz

Ok today finally I have received my official Claim Form in the post.
Gonna read through the template defense and do as instructed by the forum. Hope that I get to be in the 99% club after all this is over 

KeithP

dfergzz said:

Ok today finally I have received my official Claim Form in the post.

What is the Issue Date on your Claim Form?

dfergzz

Issue date is 16 OCT 2024

KeithP

dfergzz said:

Issue date is 16 OCT 2024

With a Claim Issue Date of 16th October, you have until Monday 4th November to file an Acknowledgment of Service but there is nothing to be gained by delaying it. 

To file an Acknowledgment of Service, follow the guidance in the Dropbox file linked from the second post in the NEWBIES thread.
Having filed an Acknowledgment of Service in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Monday 18th November 2024 to file a Defence.

That's over four weeks away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence, but please don't leave it to the last minute.

To create a Defence, and then file a Defence by email, look again at the second post on the NEWBIES thread - immediately following where you found the Acknowledgment of Service guidance.

Don't miss the deadline for filing an Acknowledgment of Service, nor that for filing a Defence.

Do not try and file a Defence via the MoneyClaimOnline website. Once an Acknowledgment of Service has been filed, the MCOL website should be treated as 'read only'.

dfergzz

Thank you so much for your time and patience and obviously the helpful advice.

I will read and re-read the newbies again as well and then do the AOS tonight and the defence over the weekend. 

They are claiming £297.12 now btw

KeithP

Can you please show us a picture of the Particulars of Claim - with all your personal detail hidden of course.

dfergzz

KeithP said:

Can you please show us a picture of the Particulars of Claim - with all your personal detail hidden of course.

Here it is.....