I consider myself to be wise and capable of using Tinternet.
However I have just been scammed:
Recently I had occassion to renew my passport and decided to do this on line.
Putting in UK passport application into the search engine brought up the information required.
I selected the site and proceeded to fill in my application and then paid the required ammount of £89:50
I thought this seems rather high but the site then stated that it sharged a fee for checking the application to see if it was filled in correctly.
Yes you've guessed it, I wasn't on the government site but a site set up to look like an official site, not too bad I thought it's only an extra £10 or so. Wrong.
My passport application was received from the passport office ready for me to apply for the passport along with the passport fee.
So I have been charged £89:50 for what I could have received for FREE if I had gone to the Government site.
The site in question is:
https://www.passport.uk.com/apply-now.php
It seems to be a legal Rip-Off
SO IF THE SITE DOES NOT STATE .GOV tell em to feck orf
However I have just been scammed:
Recently I had occassion to renew my passport and decided to do this on line.
Putting in UK passport application into the search engine brought up the information required.
I selected the site and proceeded to fill in my application and then paid the required ammount of £89:50
I thought this seems rather high but the site then stated that it sharged a fee for checking the application to see if it was filled in correctly.
Yes you've guessed it, I wasn't on the government site but a site set up to look like an official site, not too bad I thought it's only an extra £10 or so. Wrong.
My passport application was received from the passport office ready for me to apply for the passport along with the passport fee.
So I have been charged £89:50 for what I could have received for FREE if I had gone to the Government site.
The site in question is:
https://www.passport.uk.com/apply-now.php
It seems to be a legal Rip-Off
SO IF THE SITE DOES NOT STATE .GOV tell em to feck orf