{"id":88708,"date":"2018-02-06T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c0cbd32402874f091ed1a2beed9866e3"},"modified":"2018-08-30T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T08:41:02","slug":"news-story-dvla-warns-customers-to-stay-safe-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=88708","title":{"rendered":"News story: DVLA warns customers to stay safe online"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scam emails and text messages<\/h3>\n

We don\u2019t send emails or text messages that ask you to confirm your personal details or payment information, such as for a vehicle tax refund. If you get anything like this, don\u2019t open any links and delete the email or text immediately.<\/p>\n

Misleading websites<\/h3>\n

Beware of misleading third party websites passing themselves off as DVLA. These sites might, for example, offer to help you apply for a driving licence, tax your car or connect you to our contact centre. These sites will often charge additional fees for services that you can get for free or at a lower cost<\/a> on GOV.UK.<\/p>\n

To try and pass themselves off as genuine, these sites might include \u2018DVLA\u2019 in their web address (URL). They might also design their site to appear as if it\u2019s DVLA – for example, using DVLA\u2019s old \u2018green triangle\u2019 logo, which we no longer use.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be fooled by these sites – even if they appear at the top of search engine results. Always double check<\/a> you\u2019re using GOV.UK.<\/p>\n

Top tips to protect yourself and others<\/h3>\n

Only use GOV.UK so you can be sure that you\u2019re dealing directly with DVLA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Never share images on social media that contain personal information, such as your driving licence and vehicle documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Report online scams to Action Fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Report misleading adverts<\/a> to search engines.<\/p>\n

Keep up to date with internet safety – read more about online scams and phishing<\/a>, and how to stay safe online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DVLA is reminding customers that the only official place to find our services and information is on GOV.UK. Cyber scams are common so we want to help our customers to spot fraudulent activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95151,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88708\/revisions\/95151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}