One Car Parks - Fraud?

The_Slithy_Tove

I have seen on a local community Facebook page a post where someone has received a PCN for overstaying at a service station. But it's highly dodgy. There are no parking restrictions and the person says they've never been there. Others have chimed in saying they have similar PCNs, even with the same reference number! The PNCs purport to come from One Car Parks, and there are bank details to pay to - bank account name 1A Limited.

Someone on the thread says go to action fraud, which is a good step. But presuming this is dodgy, the company is illegally accessing the DVLA database. How, if it's not in an ATA?

Has anyone else come across this outfit? Apparently it's been posted on other boards, and suggested someone is just harvesting local VRNs and getting these letters sent.

I have suggested complaining straight to the DVLA in the hope that enough reports may get them to block access. Is there a good way to get them to act fast, rather than their usual head-in-the-sand approach?

Castle

1A Limited, (Number 16760399), was incorporated on 3rd October 2025 and registered with the ICO on 8th January 2026; maybe another parking company is obtaining the RK's details and passing them on?

MothballsWallet

I found 2 companies with the name 1A Limited (or similar) on Companies House:

• 1A Limited (company number 16760399) - Incorporated on 3 October 2025 at 128 City Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 2NX
• 1A LTD (company number 0693715) - Dissolved on 10 September 2013 at 14-18 Heddon Street, London, United Kingdom, W1B 4DA

So one of them's dissolved, but the top one has a Nature of business (SIC) specified as "52290 - Other transportation support activities".

cooldude255220

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6655258/one-car-parks-fraud

I don't think there's any indication that there's inappropriate DVLA access.

The PCN is not personalised in any way; it doesn't include vehicle VRM for example or even name/address. It just appears to be being sent out to a load of different addresses.

There doesn't appear to be a 20 Exchange Place in London and there is no company registered at postcode EC1V 0HB with that name.

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cooldude255220

Interestingly enough they have a website up too:

https://www.onecarparks.co.uk/

IMPORTANT NOTICE: DUE TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR, BETWEEN 01/12/2025 - 17/12/2025, SOME SERVICE USERS MAY HAVE RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE OMITTING KEY INFORMATION AND/OR DISPLAYING A DUPLICATE PCN REFERENCE NUMBER. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE PARKING CHARGE. RECIPIENTS REFERENCING PCN NUMBER 285349 MUST MAKE CONTACT FOR THE CORRECT PCN TO BE ISSUED. NO OTHER PCN REFERENCE NUMBERS OR ISSUED CORRESPONDENCE ARE AFFECTED BY THIS PROCESSING ERROR.

Yeah right…

Edit:

https://nominet.uk/lookup/?domain=onecarparks.co.uk

It appears the domain was registered on 30/12/2025

Castle

Interestingly the PCN Reference 285349 is specifically referred to on their website

Our Policies - One Car Parks

Coupon-mad

Bears all the hallmarks of a scam.

How did they get the address? How is a PCN £150?

@ChirpyChicken have you seen one like this?

I have suggested complaining straight to the DVLA in the hope that enough reports may get them to block access. Is there a good way to get them to act fast, rather than their usual head-in-the-sand approach?

I totally agree but also Action Fraud.

And get a local journalist to write a piece warning locals NOT TO RESPOND and trying a bit of investigative journalism to find out how this firm got vehicle addresses.

cooldude255220

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81883682#Comment_81883682

As above, there's no indication that they have obtained addresses in any other way than picking a street name and starting at 1.

MothballsWallet

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81883682#Comment_81883682

Action Fraud is, iirc, run by a private company - scam baiters like Dan Gleeballs has reported people he's investigated to Action Fraud and never received any follow up contact from the police.

MothballsWallet

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81883632#Comment_81883632

Is the website registration showing the registrant's details?

Nominet rules forbid a company (again iirc, larger than a sole trader) from having their details withheld from a website registration, so if this is a company with 2+ employees and their details are withheld, then that's a breach that could be reported to Nominet along with the webhost and domain registrar (if they're separate).

EDIT: Going back to Companies House, 1A Limited looks like it's a sole trader, so can keep their details withheld from the domain registration data that is accessible by "WHOIS" or RDAP.

ChirpyChicken

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81883682#Comment_81883682

Actually I havent !