Vehicle tax scam

[rosalan]

Today I got a notice to say I had not paid tax on my car! This was a shock to me, for I had carefully paid it at the beginning of October along with another car the same day. Oddly, I was charged 50p, although the car has a zero tax rating. Today I spoke to the tax office and it seems there are clone sites for paying tax, third parties, which I must have used by mistake. The tax was not paid to the tax office and I lost 50p. Most vehicles pay hundreds of pounds for their road tax and I wonder if the third party tax collectors would have paid the DVLA or not. Is this a scam?

 

[pappajohn]

Usually not a scam and they do pay but charge you a fee for them doing what usually takes a few minutes.

 

[David and Sally]

Usually you can request an email confirmation from the DVLA site.

Wonder if they have copied this too?

 

[georgio]

On the front of the renewal notice there is a number to ring and do it over the phone , this is what I do.

 

[pappajohn]

I do it online but always check it is the correct GOV.UK web address.

Renewing my blue badge today and there are third party websites for that as well.

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[LesW]

Is this a scam?

Probably not, as you say, you may have used a non DVLA website, there are quite a few.

You should always check the web address to make sure.

 

[rosalan]

My point was that they did not pass my cash or application on to tax office. By chance, our car is free of tax. I am assuming that most cars pay hundreds of pounds in road tax. Had I paid hundreds of pounds from my bank card, they could have kept the money, as they did with my 50p.