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If you don’t deal with the PCN by the deadline, the local council can take further action, starting by increasing the fine amount by 50%. If your Penalty Charge Notice is real and you need advice or guidance on the appeals process, why not read my comprehensive Penalty Charge Notice guide?

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MoneyNerd Limited is an Introducer Appointed Representative of Pacific Financial Solutions Ltd who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Firm Reference Number 688034) and is classed as a debt counselling firm. A fake Penalty Charge Notice could be placed on your windscreen by someone pretending to work for the council, hoping you will transfer funds to the bank account on the notice. The best way to perfect your appeal is getting a little advice from a Solicitor. I’d 100% recommend spending a fiver to get a trial of JustAnswer. Earlier I mentioned the different ways that scammers could try to issue you with a fake Penalty Charge Notice.

MoneyNerd does not give specific debt advice and we recommend that you always discuss your personal situation with a qualified adviser that works for a company that is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. With your consent MoneyNerd may pass you on to a trusted debt counselling company or insolvency practitioner. There are even reports of scammers trying to impersonate private parking companies and get people to pay them fake Parking Charge Notice fines. And it’s probably done on purpose to make drivers think they have received the much more serious Penalty Charge Notice. But what do I mean by “deal with the PCN”? This might not mean you have to pay… How do I challenge a Penalty Charge Notice letter? You can receive a fake Penalty Charge Notice in the post, which could be effective for scammers because some Penalty Charges are sent this way.They’re usually given out by local authorities via civil enforcement officers or in the post if the offence is caught on camera.

Therefore, they want drivers to think their private parking fines are more serious and try to confuse drivers into thinking they’ve received a Penalty Charge Notice instead. Do I legally have to pay private parking fines? We’ll return to these different methods of issuing fake Penalty Charge Notices later. #2: A Penalty Charge Notice from a private company They are issuing the fake PCN to make you pay to their own bank account, and therefore to rob you of your money. Research available parking and local parking requirements. Tourists and vehicles with out-of-state licenses are usually targeted because they are assumed to not know about the local parking laws.One story reported by The Sun told of a couple returning to their vehicle and finding a note pretending to be a Parking Charge Notice from a parking company.