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Is this a scam??

eddyace595

Been there, and had one
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Just recieved an email fron H M Courts and tribunals service..See below..


Penality Charge Ref:950231341223
HM Courts & Tribunals <mail@radiomars.ma>
Mon 12/10/2020 20:01






Total cost:
£23.24



For the following: the use of a vehicle on a road in the charging area which a charging scheme applies without payment of the appropriate charge, at the date and timestarted below


Date: 05.10.2020

Time: 16:24 PM







If you do not respond before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of service of this notice a charge certificate may be issued which would increase the penalty charge to £80.96 GBP.



Failure to then pay the increased penalty charge may result in the outstanding balance being registered as a debt in the County Court





You have 14 days beginning with the date of service of this notice to pay the discounted penalty charge of £23.24. if this is not paid by 15/10/2020 then the full penalty charge of £46.48 is payable.


Penalty Charge Notice Number:

YYJ18488219911



Automated payment reference:

950231341223



How to pay your Penalty Charge



To pay by Credit or Debit Card



1. Click here to pay by card online & click on Pay a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN).

Click here to pay
This is the quickest and easiest way to pay and receive a receipt as your payment is immediately credited to Charge Notice



Contact Centre



1.Telephone 0343 222 3331 (temporarily unavailable)


The Phone Number is unavailable..It doesnt state which vehicle or registration number..but wants me to click on a link and pay £23.24 by debit card.The only road charging penalties around Stoke on Trent are the bus lanes..Cant remember what I was doing at 16.24 on the 5th October ..mmmm
This looks highly dodgy to me..
 

T.C

Registered User
Look at thge email header....

mail@radiomars.ma

That is not a government email address but in any case the CPS, courts and Ministry of Justice will only ever make contact by snail mail.

If it has a .Gov.UK email address then it is worth calling the courts and quoting the reference for confirmation, but in this case, 100% scam
 

Pow-Lo

Make civil the mind, make savage the body.
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Absolute scam. As an absolute minimum, any form of penalty notice has the reg of the vehicle which was said to have committed the alleged misdemeanour.

The email address ending .ma is a huge giveaway, too.

Ignore. Oh, and block the address.
 
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