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The writing's on the wall for PPC's
Driver8
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Think about it. More and more people are getting aware to their scams, just look at the views on threads on here. One as over half a million !!
At the moment there are millions of people without a PC at home to get info on the net, especially the elder generations who would, with respect, probably cave in to the scamsters letters and pay up.
But think about it. There's millions of PC's being sold in the UK each year therefore more and more people will start to research stuff like the scamsters letters and will not pay. By word of mouth too, when they realise a mate has got one of the scam invoices and advises them accordingly.
With other sites like pepipoo and CAG thing's can only get better for us but a hell of a lot worse for the scamsters.
I would honestly love to know how many of the shysters are now losing money or getting nowhere near the money they used to make.
Just a thought.
At the moment there are millions of people without a PC at home to get info on the net, especially the elder generations who would, with respect, probably cave in to the scamsters letters and pay up.
But think about it. There's millions of PC's being sold in the UK each year therefore more and more people will start to research stuff like the scamsters letters and will not pay. By word of mouth too, when they realise a mate has got one of the scam invoices and advises them accordingly.
With other sites like pepipoo and CAG thing's can only get better for us but a hell of a lot worse for the scamsters.
I would honestly love to know how many of the shysters are now losing money or getting nowhere near the money they used to make.
Just a thought.
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But we also have to educate Trading Standards, Citizens Advice and even Which Legal Services who all seem to have no idea of the true nature of these scams, and will happily tell you to pay up.
As for the media, they are even more clueless, with their news reports talking about "fines" when reporting about private parking tickets.What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
trisontana wrote: »But we also have to educate Trading Standards, Citizens Advice and even Which Legal Services who all seem to have no idea of the true nature of these scams, and will happily tell you to pay up.
As for the media, they are even more clueless, with their news reports talking about "fines" when reporting about private parking tickets.
A more important point is how little action is being taken by our 'lawmakers' in the Houses of Parliament. This has been going on for years and yet they seem to allow the people who elect them to be conned by low life knuckle draggers who find this an easy way to make money out of a scam.0 -
Another organization that needs to be educated are the police. We have had several instances on here of people having their cars clamped in their own parking places, and them having to pay hundreds of pounds out under duress to have the clamps removed. When they have complained to the police, or have even called them out, they are met with the stock answer "it's a civil matter and nothing to do with us".
OK clamping is a civil matter, but demanding money with menaces is a criminal one and should be properly investigated. The police seem to be turning a blind eye to what sometimes can be a very scary or even frightening situation for a lone motorist confronted by a load of clamping thugs.What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
In the good old days, the only way to get the registered address of a car was through the police national computer, access of which was strictly controlled and useage logged.
Today, armed with £2.50 and a glib reason, you can get this information.
It won't happen of course, but a solution is to allow access to the DVLA records only by the police, or if a PPC,with a court order, and a charge of £50.
Since this is not going to happen, lets up the £2.50 to £25. DVLA gets more income, PPC's have to fork out more; and we all continue to ignore their invoices.
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