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GC Services Informative - Fake Ticket Balance Due - Fake ticket due notice
Fake ticket due notice
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA -- Just received a letter in the mail from GC Services. Says I owe them $681.00 or I will have a judgment against me. Thing is this is for a $30 parking ticket which I paid the week after receiving it and have the canceled check.
So I did some research and it appears these people are some kind of scam artists.
Obviously you should do your own investigation into your personal dealings with the company. In my own situation and in the situations of countless others the tickets were already paid and GC Services tacked on outrageous fees to the original amount.
So I did some research and it appears these people are some kind of scam artists.
Obviously you should do your own investigation into your personal dealings with the company. In my own situation and in the situations of countless others the tickets were already paid and GC Services tacked on outrageous fees to the original amount.
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Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2008-09-27:
So, what did your research find? Where do they operate from? What is the business mailing address and physical location address or phone numbers? Which public agency do they claim to represent? Long Beach Police? Did you contact the police department or the courthouse to let them know that GC was sending balance due notices on tickets already paid? Did you let them know to send out notices to other persons ticketed so they could check and see if they were scammed?
Posted by Ghost of Doc J on 2008-09-28:
This is going to get a LOT worse for everyone. Cash-strapped cities are putting up traffic Scameras and pursuing the fine as a civil matter (there is less burden of proof). If the ticket isn't paid (or the city's records aren't accurate) the 'violator' gets tapped by a collection agency. A lot of people will pay a dubious charge just to make it 'go away'. Often, the 'fees' and 'surcharges' amount to more than the fine...a nice profit for both the city and the collector.
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