Update 13/10/2020
As of the 13th October 2020 this scam is still very much active.
Note the penalty notice number: YYJ18488219911, also note the Automated payment reference number: 950192341223.
I’m being charged yet again for driving my car on a road somewhere in the UK.
I can’t ever remember giving my email address to HM Courts and Tribunals.#scam pic.twitter.com/wYh16JejCW— Andy (@garage_mechanic) October 12, 2020
Update 04/10/2020
This time the HM Courts & Tribunals scam email was reported to Lochaber & Skye Police in Scotland. They then shared a screenshot on Twitter.
The same telephone number featured: 0343 222 3331.
The Penalty Charge Notice Number was YYJ18488219911, while the Automated payment reference was 950192341223.
SCAM EMAIL- Please be aware of an email that is being sent out. Thankfully the receiver of this email brought it to Police attention before paying it. pic.twitter.com/RWYKrBjqRp
— Lochaber & Skye Police (@LochabSkyePol) October 4, 2020
Update 03/10/20.
A new scam email is doing the rounds purportedly from HM Courts & Tribunals. This time the penalty notice is RA93797440508
It is scam and is accompanied by the scam Automated Payment reference: 38486344439
** BEWARE SCAM ALERT***
Two of the latest scam emails being received claiming to be from HM Courts & Tribunals Services, about use of a vehicle on a road in a charging area, surprisingly there in no details of the road or vehicle involved are included on the notices. pic.twitter.com/igQMTcqebh
— Davenham and Moulton Police (@DhamMoultonPol) September 29, 2020
Update: Scam email received stating number 0343 222 3331 03/10/2020
I received a email. Not a letter . pic.twitter.com/ZjZwGKe9mH
— Reena k (@RKathun) October 3, 2020
The telephone number 0343 222 3331 appears a the telephone contact number on a scam email by impersonators pretending to represent Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals. If you receive an email that looks like the one below then be sure that you don’t click on any links.
The following email was reported by a Twitter user on the 2nd October 2020.
Fake email #scam @HMRCcustomers @hmtreasury I dunno who to tag but it’s fake pic.twitter.com/oZGvvEV8Gd
— Bev ❤️ Morgan (@MissMorganDeToi) October 2, 2020