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       #Post#: 70442--------------------------------------------------
       Debt Recovery group in contact but no PCN received
   DIR By: FensoG
       Date: May 7, 2025, 1:39 pm
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       Today I received two letters from a debt collection group
       claiming that four years ago my car was issued two separate
       parking charges, one day apart. The letters I received today
       erroneously claim that I have ignored previous attempts to
       contact me, and now they, the debt collection agency, are giving
       me 14 days from the date printed on the letter to pay their fine
       of £160 per letter (which are dated 12 days ago).
       This is the first contact I have received about this. I did not
       receive a parking charge notice four years ago, let alone two. I
       have received no contact from the parking company at any point.
       I moved house 6 months prior to the alleged parking notices, but
       still had Royal Mail post redirection in place at the time of
       the alleged parking offences.
       The debt collection group refused to talk to me, and directed me
       back to the parking company. The parking company have an
       automatic message on their phone line saying that all appeals
       and queries need to be logged on their online form. However, the
       online form requires reference number and number plate to be
       entered. When I do so, it simply states "sorry your details
       haven't been recognised" advising to email an email address.
       When I sent an email to the given email address, I received an
       automatic reply that the inbox isn't regularly monitored and
       appeals shouldn't be submitted to that email address. The
       parking company website is currently being updated and states
       that it hopes to be up and running in "Spring 2025".
       I can't seem to find a way to contact the parking company, and
       the debt collection company refuse to talk to me. How do I
       appeal?
       Many thanks in advance.
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       #Post#: 70490--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Debt Recovery group in contact but no PCN received
   DIR By: Dave65
       Date: May 8, 2025, 4:25 am
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       First, stop contacting the debt company they have no powers and
       will try to get you to divulge information.
       If you have nothing from Alliance, then send a subject access
       request to them asking for all the information etc they have on
       you.
       Make sure you give them your latest address to correspond with
       you.
       Enclose a copy of the letter from the debt company and a utility
       bill showing your name and address but edit financial details.
       Do not say anytime who drove the vehicle.
       #Post#: 70505--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Debt Recovery group in contact but no PCN received
   DIR By: b789
       Date: May 8, 2025, 5:27 am
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       Stop trying to communicate with a useless debt recovery agent.
       Powerless debt collectors rely on the low-hanging fruit on the
       gullible tree to pay up out of ignorance and fear.
       Never ever communicate with a debt collector. Ignore them.
       My advice is not to send a SAR. However, because you never
       updated your V5C when you moved, the unregulated private parking
       company, was given your old address by the DVLA. Updating your
       drivers licence does not update your V5C address. Do that now,
       online.
       However, as this company cannot go back to the DVLA for another
       Keepers data request, they now hold an incorrect address for
       you. You must send the DPO of the parking company (not the
       useless debt recovery firm) a Data Rectification Notice (DRN)
       and instruct them to update their records with your current
       address for service and erase your old address. The highlighted
       words are there for a reason, so use them.
       Also, stop giving these ex-clamper scummy firms a status they do
       not and could never have, of some kind of authority by calling
       these charges “fines”. By doing so, you are informing them that
       you have no clue about this and are “ripe for the picking”. A
       private company cannot issue a “fine”, only a speculative
       invoice for an alleged breach of contract by the driver.
       Ignore any debt recovery letters, send the DRN and come back
       if/when you receive a Letter of Claim (LoC).
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