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Channel Island residents are being warned about a fraudulent website claiming to offer bookings for driving tests across the British Isles.
The website – which claims to offer bookings for both theory and practical driving tests in Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man – is a fraudulent provider operating under the name British Isles Driving Test.
It charges users around £50 to book a driving theory or practical test at various test centres across the UK and Channel Islands, but the States of Guernsey confirmed that no bookings are actually made on the fake website.
Pictured: The fake 'British Isles Driving Test' website promises free re-tests for those who fail their theory test.
Islanders are also being reminded to only use official government websites – gov.je or gov.gg – to book a driving theory or practical test.
This warning comes after the pandemic caused a backlog in driving test bookings across the UK and Channel Islands in recent years.
Currently, there is a significant backlog in Guernsey with no available test slots until April because only one full-time driving examiner is working at the moment, instead of the usual two.
Colin Le Page, lead officer for Traffic and Highway Services in Guernsey, said: "We want to avoid people wasting their money and facing the disappointment of turning up to a test when no booking has been made."
Anyone who thinks they may have been targeted by fraudsters, or fallen victim to a scam, is urged to report it to the police on 612612.
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