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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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 Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:32 am Post subject: Scam warning from DVLA |
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Hi
Heard about this via my professional connections and thought it would be of interest to the rest of us in UK
http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/UKDSA-44ffeb
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012
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Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Is it usual for the DVLA to hold people's email addresses these days I wonder? Don't think they can have mine, mind you I've never filled in any of the "optional" boxes on principle.
Still, I can see some people getting taken in by this - wonder how the scammers are making money on it, simple ID fraud or something more complex..? |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
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Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| It is worth remembering that e-mail is not a recognised form of communication. Meaning that any e-mail that demands a response/reply to avoid further action is always a hoax and is easily dealt with via the delete key. |
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47p2
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
Posts: 2010
Location: Glasgow
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:11 am Post subject: |
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Something not quite right about that link. content.govdelivery.com is an American governmental site so why would the British DVLA be using it?
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
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Location: Derbyshire
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"The Driving Standards Agency sent this bulletin at 17-06-2012 09:00 AM BST"
Yer, right.....  |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
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Location: Edinburgh
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It has the grammar of a child and the spelling of an American.
Peter
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Hi
DVLA first posted it up on their FB page on 15th june.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_194193
That page is one that DSA links direct to.
DSA have an email alerts sytem which they use to connect directly to subscribers in many parts of the driver training and other transport industries.
It is not unheard of for DSA to use organisation outwith the UK for services.
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