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Speeding fine in Milan. Paid but now have debt collection
letter.
DIR By: ItalyDriver
Date: August 4, 2024, 6:56 am
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As title. I have recieved a letter from a debt collection agency
working on behalf of their client:the city of Milan for a
speeding fine I incurred last summer driving a rental. I was
emailed the fine by the rental company. Translating it, it said
if payment was made from the 6th to the sixiteth day after
notification (not sure what they mean by that) then a reduced
fine was payable. And it gave details on how to pay. I made
payment on day 60 after the date of the offence through their
online system and was emailed a receipt as proof of payment.
Then, about 6 months later I recieved a postal letter of the
fine the my home in the UK, but the amount is now higher. I
emailed them to say I that I have already paid the fine and
provided as attachment my original fine letter and receipt. But
I heard no reply. Now I get this debt Collection Letter. Does
anyone have any experience with this? What should I do? Thanks.
(in England)
#Post#: 32218--------------------------------------------------
Re: Speeding fine in Milan. Paid but now have debt collection
letter.
DIR By: slapdash
Date: August 4, 2024, 3:33 pm
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The chance of any enforcement is effectively zero.
If you post up redacted copies of the notices and receipt etc
which should all have been in English that may help.
You will need a file sharing site. Something like Google drive
and make them public.
#Post#: 32250--------------------------------------------------
Re: Speeding fine in Milan. Paid but now have debt collection
letter.
DIR By: The Rookie
Date: August 5, 2024, 2:15 am
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The UK debt collector is just a chancer hoping you are gullible.
If you intend returning to Italy it may be worth checking direct
with them (not the DCA) to confirm it's been settled on the
(very very small) chance it causes immigration issues.
#Post#: 32261--------------------------------------------------
Re: Speeding fine in Milan. Paid but now have debt collection
letter.
DIR By: ItalyDriver
Date: August 5, 2024, 4:17 am
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Thanks for your replies. Please see links for both the fine
letter and payment receipt (both translated to English with any
identifying info redacted).
HTML https://drive.proton.me/urls/BZDGV59MYM#NHnsaaZk4Hjq
HTML https://drive.proton.me/urls/VBKS5FYN8R#H9sS6OtPSEw3
Having looked over the documentds I think I can see the issue,
somehow the leading number they gave me for the payment notice
number in the letter was missed off while making the payment
(looking at the receipt ....I redacted this however). Given this
would have been a number short I am surprised this was accepted
but it is the only reason I can think of as to why they think I
still owe them.
Regarding the UK DCA, yes looking at their letter again it very
much reads like a TV license letter, very demanding language but
extremely light on information. I will ignore the letter.
However I am trying to make contact with Milan City authorities
to get my case settled. I don't dispute the offence. However,
given that I have already emailed them in January to the email
address they provided and got no response I'm not very hopeful.
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