MILLIONS of learner drivers have been warned of a 'black market' test scam conning them out of £1000's.Some desperate learners have even travelled to sites that are more remote and in lower demand This has resulted in some desperate learners travelling to sites that are more remote and in lower demand, or they book in their area of choice through third-party websites.
Since January 2023, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has issued 283 warnings, 746 suspensions and closed 689 businesses for wrongly using its booking service.(DVLA) has tried to reduce the number of these scam sites, The Royal Automobile Club (RAC) has still found third parties selling many slots via encryptedWatch cyclist fly into road rage crashing into car - but driver made key errorHefty sign-up fees for these apps may also await the vulnerable learners, mounting up over time.One freelance journalist, Lara Olszowska fell victim to the black test market. She told the RAC: 'I bought into the driving test black market at £169 for a test worth £62, just to avoid having to retake my theory and delay my practical exam.'After failing that test, I went online to try to book my next attempt, but the DVSA website kept popping up with an ‘error’ message. 'That led to a fateful phone call with the DVSA where I learned my account was blocked for having ‘too many’ tests booked using my details – even though I was blissfully unaware for the years it was going on. 'A company had used my details to repeatedly book tests under my name 52 times and swap them with other candidates who wanted the slots for triple the price.'said: 'Definitive action needs to be taken to prevent ‘bots’ booking tests and then selling them on to desperate learners for crazy amounts of mone