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I have had a similar experience to one other contributor today. Received a letter out of the blue from Trethowans Solicitor's telling me a car parking attendant observed my vehicle at an unidentified car park somewhere in Oxfordshire one day last month at either just after midnight or at 10:03 depending on how you interpret the time stamp 00:10 03:26 (there's no suggestion in the letter this could be 2 separate times 00:10 and 03:26 but I suppose it could be).
Apparently I failed to adhere to the Parking Regulations in the car park. I travel a lot but am pretty sure I have never been to a car park in Oxfordshire and certainly didn't go there on the date stated as at midnight I was safely tucked up in bed at home and at 10am I was in Warsaw.
I have spent a couple of hours reading the very useful information posted in this forum and my understanding is that the onus is on the parking company to prove it was me, but it's a bit unsettling to leave this hanging. Especially if there's a possibility my number plate has been cloned.
As this is clearly a case of mistaken identity what would everyone recommend as the quickest way to resolve this? I would like to ask Trethowans to clarify where the car park is so I can check my records, but to also say that this appears to be an error on their part as I was out of the country.
Remember that pretty much anyone can buy any car's address for £2.50. I've got some sneaky suspicions that some of these companies just buy a load of addresses, knowing full well that a certain percentage will pay up, no questions asked.
Spend £250 on 100 cars, asking £50 a time. You only need 5% to pay up to break even.
Don't contact Trethowan's, just keep the letters in a drawer and forget about them.
Another case of mistaken identity
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