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    JohnM20
    JohnM20 Club Member Posts: 1,423
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    edited August 2024 in General Chat #1

    I've just received an email purporting to be from the DVLA telling me there is a message for me. To read it I must 'log in' by giving my driving licence number. It just doesn't look right. Has anyone else received this? Is it genuine? Please beware if it is a scam as I suspect.

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    • Tinwheeler
      Tinwheeler Forum Participant Trusted Posts: 23,663
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      edited August 2024 #2

      Just delete it. 

    • SteveL
      SteveL Club Member Posts: 12,441
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      edited August 2024 #3

      Googling it there are a lot of DVLA scams about. If you logged on you would probably find you were due a refund and of course to obtain it you would have to give a lot of personal details. As TW says just delete it.

    • Oneputt
      Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,186
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      edited August 2024 #4

      Definitely a scam

    • Whittakerr
      Whittakerr Club Member Posts: 3,486
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      edited August 2024 #5

      Clearly a scam. delete it.

    • DavidKlyne
      DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 14,369
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      edited August 2024 #6

      One way of telling is to click on the reply button (but don't send) and you should be able to see the return email address. Almost certainly it won't be a proper DVLA address. I agree with others its most likely to be  a scam despite the official looking email. 

      David

    • Impy
      Impy Forum Participant Posts: 257 Participant
      edited August 2024 #7

      If you hover your mouse over the sender, it should show you the senders e-mail address, I find this is a good indicator of whether its a scam or not, but then I have a very suspicious mind.

    • joanie
      joanie Club Member Posts: 144
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      I was always told that if Ihaven't asked for it then delete it and just send an email direct to the person or business . It's awful that we have to be so suspicious now but that's life as they say.

    • richardandros
      richardandros Club Member Posts: 2,945
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      https://clubtogether.caravanclub.co.uk/discussion/comment/863181#Comment_863181

      I don't know if it's peculiar to Apple Mail on a Mac, but next to the sender's name is a drop down arrow. Clicking on that reveals the sender's full email address. I ALWAYS do it with emails I don't recognise or am suspicious of. It invariably shows an email address which is gobbledygook and ends with a domain outside of the UK. Straight in the bin!

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