Good AfternoonResident ,

Please be aware of a current type of scam trending around TV Licensing.

Most are being sent via email. Some of the scam emails are obvious – spelling mistakes or clearly asking you for bank details, but some are quite convincing. 

The Legitimate TV Licensing organisation will use donotreply@tvlicensing.co.uk or donotreply@spp.tvlicensing.co.uk to email you. The scammers can't send emails using these addresses. Instead, they may come from a personal email account or one which looks unusual.

Sometimes scammers can set their display name to be a trusted email account but their real email address, which will be shown between the <> symbols, will show that it's coming from a different account.

From ageuk, they have the following useful advice…

What does real TV Licensing communication look like?

TV Licensing sends letters to anyone aged 75+ asking them to either pay for their TV licence or apply for a free one if they also claim pension credit. The letter TV Licensing sends will include your licence number, your title and your last name and they will only ask you to pay using the following options:

By post using the address TV Licensing, PO Box 578, Darlington DL98 1AN

Online at www.tvlicensing.co.uk

Over the phone on 0300 555 0286

If you're contacted and asked to pay for your TV licence using a different website or by posting your details to a different address, this is a scam.

A full breakdown of this information is available here https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ288

If in doubt don’t do anything and contact a trusted friend / your bank / police. 

Thank you,

PC OWEN - Beat Officer