Road tax scam

[Kenp1]

The subject says Road Tax.

 

[aardvark5]

The subject says Road Tax.

Yes I know, the DVLA have never used those words and the Scammers quite cleverly didn't use it either or else everybody in the UK would know it's fake.
They've used Vehicle Tax which is correct and some may fall for it.

 

[Kenp1]

But the scammers did use it, in the subject of the email.

 

[Silver estate]

It’s actual vehicle tax , as the top of my reminder for my ICE car shows

 

[Kenp1]

They can't even be consistent, you see the subject before you even open the email.

 

[siteguru]

It’s actual vehicle tax , as the top of my reminder for my ICE car shows
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And as I've replied earlier, Vehicle tax is merely a description of a tax on a vehicle. Capital V on Vehicle because it is the start of a sentence ... if it was in the middle of a sentence it would be vehicle tax (like it is on the website). But neither of those are what the tax is actually called .. it is Vehicle Excise Duty, or VED. The capitalisation is important.

 

[aardvark5]

But the scammers did use it, in the subject of the email.

I stand corrected and that's why you can tell it's a scam, idiots using the words Road Tax, every UK driver knows it doesn't exist.

 

[Gomev]

I stand corrected and that's why you can tell it's a scam, idiots using the words Road Tax, every UK driver knows it doesn't exist.

I would suggest that not every driver knows road tax doesn't exist, it trips off the tongue and unfortunately not everybody actually reads the email properly anyway and just jumps in.

 

[salty]

I would suggest that not every driver knows road tax doesn't exist, it trips off the tongue and unfortunately not everybody actually reads the email properly anyway and just jumps in.

Agree, that's what they are relying on, unfortunately.