Safe Speed Forums • View topic - DVLA scam email warning

View unanswered posts | View active topics

Board index » Discussion Forums » General Chat

All times are UTC [ DST ]

DVLA scam email warning

Moderators: Moderators, Moderators

Page 1 of 1

[ 12 posts ]

Previous topic | Next topic

Author

Message

SafeSpeedv2

Post subject: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 21:09

Site Admin

Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 02:17
Posts: 7355
Location: Highlands

DSA wrote:

DVLA scam email warning

Watch out for emails claiming to be from the DVLA asking you to verify your driving licence details via an online link – it's a scam.

The DVLA has not sent any such email, so if you get one delete it immediately.

This is a copy of the email that is circulating:

False email wrote:

From: DVLA
Subject: Update Your License Details

We are currrently upgrading our database and all drivers are required to update and verify there driver's license details.To complete your license verification with us, you are required to fill out the form in the link below.

{Fake link}

Drivers that refuses to upgrade his or her details within two weeks of receiving this verification email will lose his or her driver's License and will have to take a fresh driving test.

We sincerely apologise for any inconviniences this might have caused you.

Thank you for your co-operation.

(c) Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Swansea SA6 7JL

Please remember to never clink on anything that you are not 100% sure of.

_________________
Safe Speed for Intelligent Road Safety through proper research, experience & guidance.

Top

Big Tone

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 21:34

Gold Member

Joined: Mon Mar 26, 2007 16:34
Posts: 4923
Location: Somewhere between a rock and a hard place

SafeSpeedv2 wrote:

Please remember to never clink on anything that you are not 100% sure of.

That's why I never click on BRAKE

Sorry.. thanks for the info. :thumbsup:

_________________
The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Top

jomukuk

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 22:39

User

Joined: Sun Sep 03, 2006 04:10
Posts: 3244

And shared via facebook.....

_________________
The world runs on oil, period. No other substance can compete when it comes to energy density, flexibility, ease of handling, ease of transportation. If oil didn’t exist we would have to invent it.”

56 years after it was decided it was needed, the Bedford Bypass is nearing completion. The last single carriageway length of it.We have the most photogenic mayor though, always being photographed doing nothing

Top

boomer

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 23:12

User

Joined: Sat Aug 21, 2004 20:54
Posts: 225
Location: West Midlands

Seems like an old scam is being recycled - DVLA warns drivers of E-mail scam

mb

Top

Oscar

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 14:08

Gold Member

Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2004 17:46
Posts: 823
Location: Saltburn, N. Yorks

Immediate red light:-

licenSe

Top

botach

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 19:41

Gold Member

Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2004 23:26
Posts: 9263
Location: Treacletown ( just north of M6 J3),A MILE OR TWO PAST BEDROCK

Oscar wrote:

Immediate red light:-

licenSe

And "inconviniences"

_________________
lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

Top

Dusty

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 19:56

User

Joined: Wed Nov 09, 2005 21:10
Posts: 1693

botach wrote:

Oscar wrote:

Immediate red light:-

licenSe

And "inconviniences"

Would that this was true. However!

Even "Official" UK.GOV sites are riddled with Typos, Grammer bloopers, Pidgen English and whatever!

I am no grammer/spelling expert, But I am also not publishing websites for a Major Global Government.

I am actually Embarrassed by UK.GOV websites! Other people from around the world are looking at them! What must they think??

_________________
"The road to a police state is paved with public safety legislation"

Top

Big Tone

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 21:03

Gold Member

Joined: Mon Mar 26, 2007 16:34
Posts: 4923
Location: Somewhere between a rock and a hard place

Tickle your arse with a feather?

"What!"

I said, particularly nasty weather.

Top

botach

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 22:58

Gold Member

Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2004 23:26
Posts: 9263
Location: Treacletown ( just north of M6 J3),A MILE OR TWO PAST BEDROCK

Dusty wrote:

botach wrote:

Oscar wrote:

Immediate red light:-

licenSe

And "inconviniences"

Think that this bit of info is over the limit for Official l Secrets act, so here goes. Yonks ago , my BIL was on secondment to a FCO post in New Zealand, where a British Naval Vessel was attempting to "find" an island off the NZ coast. I was a GPO bloke on night duty ,and decided to have a free call to pass the time- after all what was a call to NZ -no checks on official lines- it was all free . BIL told me that he might have to go out to "help" UK warship find the island. And today, we're worried about a Typo etc on a HMG website .

_________________
lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

Top

graball

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 22:59

Member

Joined: Fri Oct 26, 2007 19:08
Posts: 3434

Yep edukashen aint wat it eused to be izit?!?!

_________________
My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.

Top

botach

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 00:18

Gold Member

Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2004 23:26
Posts: 9263
Location: Treacletown ( just north of M6 J3),A MILE OR TWO PAST BEDROCK

graball wrote:

Yep edukashen aint wat it eused to be izit?!?!

OR is it down to the "spell chequer " on my PEE CEE. ??????

_________________
lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

Top

Ernest Marsh

Post subject: Re: DVLA scam email warning

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:21

User

Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 00:15
Posts: 5232
Location: Windermere

botach wrote:

Oscar wrote:

Immediate red light:-

licenSe

And "inconviniences"

And "...to update and verify there driver's details"

Does anyone else get the senders ACTUAL email address displayed like mine?
Amuses me when an email purporting to be from Paypal or similar is actually from "azia123@grossman.za" especially when they send 3 copies with cc's for a dozen other recipients!

_________________
Time to take responsibility for our actions.. and don't be afraid of speaking out!

Top

Page 1 of 1

[ 12 posts ]

Board index » Discussion Forums » General Chat

All times are UTC [ DST ]

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 24 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You can post attachments in this forum

Jump to: