NEW SCAM - PCN fake Letter

PCNscam2024

NEW SCAM: I received the following letter which looks like a new type of scam. 
1. The location - unknown to us
2. Vehicle reg - our vehicle
3. Photo evidence - different vehicle
4. Date & Time on photo - 17 July 2024

The only information that is correct is vehicle reg and keeper's details.
I am planning to ignorre this completely. 
 

Grizebeck

Not a scam, dont ignore deal with it. maybe a cloned plate

DE_612183

Looks like someone stopped to drop-off at Luton Airport - could that have been you or someone else who has access to the car?

Can you see the plate in the photo? sometimes it's a digit being read wrong - perhaps an N for M or W

It's not a scam though - if you do ignore eventually you'd get a court case and CCJ if you continued to ignore and did not defend.

Best to sort it out now.

Gr1pr

Definitely foolish to ignore it 

Definitely not a scam, but probably a VRM misread 

Check that picture of the different vehicle for the VRM details ASAP 

Respond to state that the vehicle in the picture is clearly NOT your vehicle and they should check the photos carefully 

Add a picture of your vehicle to the response to show it as a spot the difference 

Complain that your DVLA data has been unlawfully accessed so is a breach of the KADOE contract and possibly a GDPR breach to too 

Tell them to cancel the PCN and to send you written confirmation with an apology as soon as possible 

Teapot55

I thought a PCN could only be given by a local authority ie the council? Anything else is an invoice. Similar, but not the same.

Isn’t there a particular part  of this MSE website that’s dedicated to helping with parking problems?

Umkomaas

Teapot55 said:

I thought a PCN could only be given by a local authority ie the council? Anything else is an invoice. Similar, but not the same.

Isn’t there a particular part  of this MSE website that’s dedicated to helping with parking problems?

Depends what the letters 'PCN' stand for.

You're already on the appropriate forum. 

Gr1pr

Post 5 in the newbies sticky thread in announcements deals with acronyms and initialisms 

The joint BPA & IPC  CoP also give guidance on these expressions 

Its no coincidence that the private parking companies chose the same letters 

We would prefer to see it renamed to PPN or similar when the new CoP arrives

Teapot55

@Umkomaas Thanks for putting me right on this. 

The_Unready

Just on the 'scam' theme - it's a very poorly written letter and I can understand why the OP thinks it's a scam. However,  perhaps that's just symptomatic of the uneducated idiots who run these parking companies. 

Coupon-mad

PCNscam2024 said:

 

Looks like a real operator, IPC member. Universal Parking Enforcement Ltd. New one on me. Very unprofessional looking NTK.

Please show the back too.

Thorndorise

They were using Debt Recovery Plus to do their KADOE up until recently, then have switched to Unity services ~ 6000 DVLA pulls a year

@fisherjim posted about them recently https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6569249/a-naughty-ppc-talking-about-prosecutions-and-chasing?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=naughty+PPC

'Naughty PPC talking about prosecutions and chasing'!