Fraudsters began sending motorists fines, which were reportedly handed out to them using cameras for detecting violations. Therefore, do not rush and pay all receipts you receive.
It is possible to determine that a fine is not real, as Pavel Utkin, a leading attorney at Parthenon United Legal Center, explained in a conversation with the Prime agency, by specific details and by the lack of a photo taken by the Prime Minister at the time. cameras had been made of the violation.
“In addition, such “fines” will not appear anywhere — neither on the “State Services” nor on the traffic police’s website,” Utkin suggests.
To verify the authenticity of the fine, it can help to check the presence of a fine decision on the website of the Rijksdienst or the traffic police. If there is no information about the fine, then scammers are clearly trying to trick you.
If there are doubts about the photo (sometimes it is uploaded to the database later), you will have to wait – 20 days will be allocated to pay fines at a discount. On the basis of the photo you can determine whether the fine is justified or not, and appeal against it.