{"id":1103,"date":"2011-02-04T10:15:10","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T10:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2011-02-04T10:15:10","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T10:15:10","slug":"dvla-warn-of-scam-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/04\/dvla-warn-of-scam-email\/","title":{"rendered":"DVLA Warn Of Scam Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has issued a warning to  members of the public about an email scam that is targeting motorists.<\/p>\n<p>According  to the body, recipients of the email &#8211; which wrongly claims to have  come from the DVLA &#8211; are requested to verify the details of their  driving license by following an online link.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is  believed that it is in fact a ploy to trick people into handing over  their information &#8211; also known as a phishing scam.<\/p>\n<p>The email  claims that the DVLA is updating its database and that failure to verify  details within two weeks will result in the recipient losing their  license and having to take a new test.<\/p>\n<p>DVLA&#8217;s Corporate Affairs  Director David Evans said the authority had been made aware that some  members of the public had received this type of email but that he wanted  to confirm they had not been sent by the motoring body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has issued a warning to members of the public about an email scam that is targeting motorists. According to the body, recipients of the email &#8211; which wrongly claims to have come from<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-info read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/04\/dvla-warn-of-scam-email\/\" role=\"button\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-reg-plate-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}