Since when do councils notify you of a PCN via text… I don’t think I’ll be clicking the link

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1. I wonder how many of our “local council” have their charge site based in germany?

2. I had a similar link for a missed parcel delivery by Evri

3. Forward that text to 7726 (spells SPAM on a T9 keyboard) it gets reported to your network who can investigate further and may block the number or pass details on police etc

4. Hey u/washismypilotnnow it’s me, a local council.

5. These scams are getting out of hand.

   I feel terrible for any of the naive/vulnerable people who fall for this stuff.

   Something more excessive needs doing about these parasites.

6. I had a similar message yesterday. I don’t own a car.

7. “issued by a local council” So you don’t know what council you’re pretending to be?

8. The councils would never call it a fine as it’s a civil matter not a criminal one, hence why they’re refered to as PCNs.

9. They dont

10. Definitely a scam.

    [https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/scam-alert-new-parking-fine-scam-text-aj5wx1j3trT1](https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/scam-alert-new-parking-fine-scam-text-aj5wx1j3trT1)

11. I got the same one. Thought it strange they didn’t quote my reg, the car park or council name!

12. The wording 🤣

13. I got this exact message this morning. I don’t drive or own a car.

14. “Issued by **a** county council”. It is best in a scam, to not be too specific.

15. Got the same thing this morning as well

16. I got one of these. I was quite surprised as I don’t even own a car.

17. I’ve had 50 scam texts and emails in the past 2 weeks. Coincidentally starting 1 day after logging in to Facebook for the first time in years.

18. So the local council won;’t say who they are, which car park you were in, nor does their name appear as the sender, just the fake mobile number!

19. I shit you not, I just got the exact same text as I was reading this

20. Scam from .be domain – Belgium country

21. Ooh I got that exact scam text too!! SNAP!

22. I just got that text and i have been living in italy for a year, scammer fosho

23. A council will always give you the option to pay a PCN or appeal against it if you think it was issued incorrectly. They wouldn’t just tell you to pay it.

24. “Issued by a local council” – Ah well say no more!

25. Got the same message from a different number.

26. They don’t:

    * notify you from a mobile number.
    * refer to themselves as “a local council”
    * use informal language
    * direct you to a URL in Germany.

27. Scammers are the only people that call me now 😥

28. You better pay it quick or you’ll have to pay 50% more. amazing how they knew your mobile number from your car reg

29. This is a local council for local people!

30. “Don’t click it Pike!”

31. Lols, literally got the same text today.

    Odd one cos my phone number isnt linked to any of my car reg stuff. Car-related fines would have to come by post, like my vehicle tax reminder.

32. Just remember the simple logic that you paying it outside the grace time window means they get more money. They have absolutely no reason to proactively notify you of PCNs beyond the bare minimum required sticker on the windshield

33. “A local council” 😂

34. Got the exact same text this morning too!

35. This has been making the rounds in our area in Suffolk

36. I got that exact message yesterday, from a different number though.

37. “a local council” 🚩

38. I love how it says “a local council”. I mean, I really don’t know how you could be more specific than that 😂

39. I just got the exact same text at the same time. Can’t wait to find out which “local council” has charged me.

40. Literally had this too. On a website with a German suffix

41. Why do these scammers never get anyone to actually proof read their phishing copy

    It’s like they’ve never actually seen a PCN before