Motorists are being warned about websites that ask drivers to pay for services which are free on the DVLA website.
The DVLA said websites often spring up offering to help with V5C vehicle registration certificates or renewing a driving licence from the age of 70.
All of these can be done for free on the DVLA website, but that has not stopped some websites trying to make money at drivers' expense.
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These secondary websites do genuinely offer the services they advertise - it is just they charge too.
Even if the DVLA does charge for a service, copycat websites will ask for even more, according to the Mirror.
For example, it costs £14 to renew a driving licence on the DVLA website, but up to £60 elsewhere.
The DVLA said it has been contacted by 1,200 drivers about the issue since January 2020.
MoneySavingExpert deputy editor Guy Anker said: "These copycat sites aren’t illegal, but they dress up like legitimate webpages, and use clever tricks to appear higher on search engines.
"They get you to fill in forms, which requires no more work on your part than if you’d done it yourself via the official sites, and then they overcharge you for ‘administration’ or ‘services’ – which is really just passing it to the relevant body, with no extra work involved."
