I Nearly Fell For It.

Today I checked my EHIC and found out it was out of date. I went on the internet to renew it. On googling "EHIC renewal" a whole host of websites appeared so I randomly chose one of them. I proceeded to fill in the forms on what was an official looking website until I came to the bit where they were charging me £23.50 to renew it. I remembered that the last time I renewed it there was no charge but then I thought that things might have changed. Being a cautious sort of chap I went back to the list of suitable websites and found one from the NHS which I guessed was genuine. On this site there was no charge for renewal so it seems that the other site was a con. Beware when dealing with official websites, there are always conmen waiting to take your money off you !

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I almost got caught out with that too.

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Yes, those types of site have been around quite a while now and cover all sorts of topics. They get away with it by charging you a fee to simply fill the form in on their website, essentially, and make their sites look as official as possible to maintain the deception.

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Good for you Alan, you are right, there are parasites are all over the place.

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Parasites are Suckers, Suckers are Suckers, what the Suck is going on?.

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Oh silly me - I wondered what a EHIC was until I googled it.
European Health Insurance Card - well of course I should have known that!!

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Soppy date!

Goos for you Alan on checking it thoroughly. I know it's free, but probably not everybody does.