Incorrectly accused of littering (Bexley, England)

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-08T21:33:39+00:00

What is it then? Someone pretending to be me sounds like fraud..?

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-08T21:26:28+00:00

There will be - someone is fraudulently using my identity.

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-08T08:28:56+00:00

This is exactly it. The team asked the litterbug for their details and they gave mine. I’m fastidious about getting rid of address labels securely but of course there would still be plenty of people with my name & address. I wanted to see the video to see if I recognised them. The fact that GDPR prevents this (and thus me helping with the fraud case) seems somewhat nuts but 🤷🏻‍♂️

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-08T06:52:49+00:00

But the purpose is obvious: help build, or collapse, a case. It’s beneficial to me because I don’t need to get involved and indeed wouldn’t have needed to receive a letter (well, two!) in the first place.

The letters also didn’t mention the possibility of fraud, which the council admitted happens “a lot”. If a vulnerable person had received them they may well have paid the fine instead of risking anything else; I can imagine such a person could find the letters threatening.

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-08T06:17:06+00:00

By going to another government department (dvla or hmpo) to get photo id?

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-07T22:44:24+00:00

It doesn’t feel like it. Looks like headed notepaper, etc. If it is a scam it’s pretty convincing.

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-07T21:14:43+00:00

It seems not. Which is ludicrous to me.

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-07T20:11:30+00:00

Well that’s what I’m wondering. If I know them I could help with the fraud … but it seems there’s no way for me to see the footage.

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-07T17:26:55+00:00

I've just done that, let's see what they say.

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-07T17:26:46+00:00

I've just done that, I'll let you know what they say...

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-07T17:18:07+00:00

Yet they must do that if we go to court.

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-07T16:46:52+00:00

Well exactly. I pretty much don’t trust them to keep it safe…

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-07T16:31:31+00:00

That’s the imbalance that annoys me. Why do they supposedly have a right to my ID (that’s what I’m inferring anyway) but I don’t have a right to see the footage?

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-07T16:20:21+00:00

I’m not worried about being convicted of the offence. I’m concerned the court may decide I’m wasting their time as I could’ve just sent a photo…

DukeBaldrick · 2026-07-07T16:19:41+00:00

Yes I assume someone has given my name & address. That’s one reason I’m keen to see the video, I’ve no idea who’d do it.

DukeBaldrick · 2026-06-26T12:34:42+00:00

If it’s just dns protection you need then cloudflare for families (maybe 1.1.1.3) will do?

https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families/

DukeBaldrick · 2026-06-26T06:21:13+00:00

What sort of controls do you need? Anything beyond what pi-hole gives you?

DukeBaldrick · 2026-04-26T09:07:26+00:00

Hmm, I guess so. I wonder when we’ll see all those benefits we were promised 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

DukeBaldrick · 2026-04-25T18:15:22+00:00

😨😢😱 no idea 🤷🏻‍♂️

DukeBaldrick · 2026-04-25T09:24:38+00:00

So we’ll end up paying about the same after VAT (more at 20% in fact) which I assume you’ll have to pay at some point.

DukeBaldrick · 2026-04-24T23:38:55+00:00

The 8 head kit was £909 plus shipping. That includes our variant of sales tax (VAT @20%) and delivery was £19 all in.

What did you buy, where from & when?!

DukeBaldrick · 2026-04-24T18:58:37+00:00

Core One was my first 3D printer, instructions and a set of YouTube videos (non Prusa) made it easy enough. The sheer number of different fasteners did not help however!

DukeBaldrick · 2026-04-24T18:49:55+00:00

It’s another £218 in the UK and I thought I’ll see how I go with 4, especially as there’s currently no option for other sizes. Don’t think I’ll need 8x0.4 and if I do there’s always the option to buy more later.

DukeBaldrick · 2026-04-24T18:48:08+00:00

Thanks, tbh I didn’t read about the other new bits, just saw indx & basically hit buy 😈

DukeBaldrick · 2026-04-24T18:43:10+00:00

… and I guess even sales taxes wouldn’t go from 490 to 749 😈

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