The supervisor at my wife's workplace was stopped by the police for going through a red light. He accepted he could and should have stopped. He asked what would happen and the police officer told him he would get 4 points. He asked if he had any points on his licence and the supervisor said no, nothing. The officer did some checks and said he had 8 points. Therefore, he faced a ban.
The supervisor said that's all wrong, he definitely had a clean licence. After a discussion and some calls, it transpires that there were 2 speeding offences each receiving 4 points. One was in Lincolnshire for 91 mph on the A1(M) and the other was in Bradford.
The officer reported him anyway and said he would need to go to court and take proof he could not have 8 points. So he has the dates and he was at work when the offences were committed: he has time sheets, CCTV and staff witnesses. After many calls to DVLA, the courts and the police this is how the scam works.
Joe Bloggs drives his car with registration number ABC 123Z and is caught speeding on a roadside camera on each occasion. He receives the NIP and is required to complete the 'who was driving at the time' form. He puts down the full name and address of the supervisor with his driving licence number saying he was driving his car at the time. The supervisor does not receive any documents and in his absence the court processes each offence unknown to the supervisor.
The scammer has obtained the supervisor's driving licence number and his address. However, the address is his previous one when he lived in London for a short time in rented accommodation so why he never received any notification. As he says, had he not been stopped by the police this would not have come to light and he could have reached 12 points although he would have needed to appear in court in person in case of disqualification and when he didn't turn up, a warrant could have been issued for failing to appear.
Initial police enquiries in Bradford at the address where the NIPs were sent to the registered keeper are not going anywhere as the occupiers claim that person no longer lives there and they don't have his forwarding address (conveniently of course).
How the scammer obtained his details is unknown at this time but the info is on file in the supermarket where he works. It is also on insurance comparison sites. Sometimes car buyers put the info on the registration document.
If you have lived at one address for many years then unlikely to affect you (or at least you would get the summons) but if you move about then it is a real possibility and you wont know.
The supervisor said that's all wrong, he definitely had a clean licence. After a discussion and some calls, it transpires that there were 2 speeding offences each receiving 4 points. One was in Lincolnshire for 91 mph on the A1(M) and the other was in Bradford.
The officer reported him anyway and said he would need to go to court and take proof he could not have 8 points. So he has the dates and he was at work when the offences were committed: he has time sheets, CCTV and staff witnesses. After many calls to DVLA, the courts and the police this is how the scam works.
Joe Bloggs drives his car with registration number ABC 123Z and is caught speeding on a roadside camera on each occasion. He receives the NIP and is required to complete the 'who was driving at the time' form. He puts down the full name and address of the supervisor with his driving licence number saying he was driving his car at the time. The supervisor does not receive any documents and in his absence the court processes each offence unknown to the supervisor.
The scammer has obtained the supervisor's driving licence number and his address. However, the address is his previous one when he lived in London for a short time in rented accommodation so why he never received any notification. As he says, had he not been stopped by the police this would not have come to light and he could have reached 12 points although he would have needed to appear in court in person in case of disqualification and when he didn't turn up, a warrant could have been issued for failing to appear.
Initial police enquiries in Bradford at the address where the NIPs were sent to the registered keeper are not going anywhere as the occupiers claim that person no longer lives there and they don't have his forwarding address (conveniently of course).
How the scammer obtained his details is unknown at this time but the info is on file in the supermarket where he works. It is also on insurance comparison sites. Sometimes car buyers put the info on the registration document.
If you have lived at one address for many years then unlikely to affect you (or at least you would get the summons) but if you move about then it is a real possibility and you wont know.
