Hi. Looking for some advice on this one please. Back in February I paid for and parked in Gatwick short stay car park for 5 days. On my return home I shortly received a £100 parking fine. As I had pre paid, I assumed it was an admin error so appealed it and didn’t hear anything so thought all was well. I then received a £170 invoice from a debt company stating as I had ignored the appeal response, they had taken over and increased the invoice to £170. I contacted them and stated that I had not had a response from the appeal. They informed me that the response was sent to an incorrect email address supplied by me. They claimed I put UM instead of UK at the end of my email address. I do not recall ever supplying an email address and definitely would not mis-spell it. They said that the appeal stated I was initially fined as I had parked in an “express loading” bay and not a standard bay but as a gesture of goodwill they would accept £20. I obviously would not have ignored this. The company said I could not pay the £20 now as I had not replied and still owe £170. I informed them that I would not be paying. Today I received a letter from Moorside legal requesting £170 before further action. I think I’m being scammed here and would like some advice. Thank you.
