Friday, 6 November 2026

TV Licence Scam

I keep getting these on my email.
Each day one comes in informing me that my payment has failed or the debit has run out.  
All are lies.
Sometimes I get two a day, sligtly different, but along similar lines.
Until now I have just deleted them, however, now I let them lie there and pile up just to see how many I can gather.
These are all fraudlent, my direct debit pays without problem, yet as they keep arribving in the inbox it means some people are falling for this scam and money is being lost to scammers.
These might originate in North Korea, Nigeria, the USA or China, but they could be found anywhere.
The TV licencing people do have a system for reporting such scams, you can find it at the bottom of this page  TV Licence Scam  
I have forwarded mine on to them, one of 59 million it appears, but at least 290,000 have been removed.  Every little helps.  
If a genuine TV LIcence arrives that will contain your name and other information for you.  Check the addresses carefully before you click.    
 

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