Beware of the Bogus NYC Parking Ticket Scam

Just got one today. With our sons plate number but first letter in last name wrong. Went online to look up on the website they tell you to go to. They have wrong description of vehicle. Totally different car. So I should take this to my local police?

Hey Larry I happen to be an atty. Last year I received a completely bogus parking ticket in Flushing, Queens. I was never parked where the ticket claims and of course, the ticket was never placed on my car. When I disputed the ticket at PVB hearing, it was indicated that because I had an OUT OF STATE PLATE, this scam was routinely perpetrated Ever hear of this? Thanks Jerry Garber

how do they get the detail? my plate number correct my vehicle correct but wrong color car

I got a fake ticket yesterday while my car was parked in front of my residence. Ticket claims I was parked at Queens Plaza at 9:00 am although I work in the city and take the subway. Terrible surprise when I got home. Collins, K has been targeting my car and others at my residence for the past few months. I filed a complaint against him to the https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ccrb/complaints/file-complaint.page and should I file a complaint with my local precinct too?

Hi. My mom received a parking ticket for Queens,NY. We have not been there to get said ticket. She called up the DOF and they said the same thing, write an explanation and send it back in. She did that and a week later we received an increased price in the ticket with the original letter with the explanation attached. Also included was a letter that the car was an Infiniti(which we don’t have), The license plate late number(which isn’t ours and actually expired according to them 3/2015). They told her to contact the CT DMV regarding this issue. I went online and opened a case, still waiting to hear back from them. Not sure where to go from here.

This has happened to me 3 times now for my motorcycle license plate. I am considering going to the DMV and getting my license plate changed.

I received a payment reminder for two overdue parking tickets. Both were for the exact same location in midtown manhattan, half an hour apart from each other. I disputed them and provided google maps evidence from that day, which showed I was at work and at home only that day. Obviously, that doesn’t prove that my motorcyle was with me, only my phone. So I lost, but they did remove one ticket, because you can’t receive two infractions for the same location in that close of a time frame from one another.

So, I swallowed my pride, and paid the ticket, $115 dollars, for something I was innocent of.

Now, a couple of months later, I receive another one, for financial district in manhattan, and I never go down there. The plate is my plate, and the motorcycle description is correct, just like the others. I have no idea what is going on. I can only think to change my plate so that I stop getting scammed.

I have a lease vehicle starting dealer inspected from 9/17 – 9/18. So how did I get a NO INSPECTION ticket on 6/28/18. I sent a windshield photo to the FOF and the judge ultimately said “there’s no proof of WHEN” the pic was taken so…GUILTY. I requested an appeal with detailed evidence from the phone’s log which was like 22mins after the ticket was written, I included the customer invoice from the dealer with the aforementioned date of inspection, highlighting important data. They still refused. The case is now in the office of Councilman Salamanca who contacted the DOF as well as the Consumer Advocacy Department. I will hear from them in a few days.

Hey Lawrence,
I received a bogus ticket from the New York City Department of Finance around of the summer of 2018 and they claimed “I was parked somewhere in Brooklyn NY during street cleaning hours” I’ve never been to Brooklyn. I sent an appeal form online with some evidence that I was working at the time with a time and date stamped on the image. I received a response in my email stating this wasn’t credible. Next, I took time off work and traveled to The NY Department of Finance office in the city, there I filled out a appeal another appeal form stating “this wasn’t my vehicule, the color is wrong, and my vehicule has two doors not four”. I showed the employee the picture of the vehicule to prove my case, the ticket information and she handed me the appeal application and pointed out which sections to fill. I followed her instructions and handed her the application. Few weeks later I received the same application with a rejection notice paper in front of the application stating that it was being rejected because I didn’t personally write the date. The pen I filled out the application with was black, the pen that wrote the date was blue. Two weeks or so later I called see if I was able to email proff that my car has a different color, and 2 doors instead of four. The lady on the phone was vile and impolite she said “all you can do at this point is pay the fine they are no other option for you sir” so, I payed the $115 dollar fine so they would’nt seize my vehicule, freeze my bank account, and so on. I believe this is clearly abuse of power and shows how corrupt this city really is. I would like to sue the city after reading so many similar cases. The odd part is how did they manage to match my licence plate with the wrong vehicule? My vehicule is leased, and I remember the manager of the dealership telling me he is from Brooklyn as I was doing the paperwork for my vehicule about a year ago. “I was appearantly parked in Brooklyn as well”. So lawwrence, I would like to know my chances of winning this case if I were to sue?

Larry We communicated previously. I actually started a lawsuit v. the City and the NYPD because I received a bogus parking ticket because my car had out of state plates. The scam works like this. The NYPD parking ticket officer sees a car in his precinct with out of state plates and takes the info. He/she then writes a bogus ticket claiming that the car was illegally parked, e.g. in front of a bus stop. Hope by cop is that by the time the owner learns of the bogus ticket (obviously never placed upon the car), the car owner is back home too far away to challenge ticket. I ask you to publish this in the hope that other victims of this same scam will contact me. The case is in Queens Supreme Court. Thanks for any assistance.

I live in rhode island I am 70 years old I do not drive off the island. Basically i go to the supermarket. I got a notice in the mail I was parked in brooklyn when a street was being cleaned. Charging me 55 dollars. There is a website with the ticket it’s my license number and my make and model of car. I too was told to protest it but hiw do you prove it was not you. I called my police department and was told it was a scam not to 0ay for the ticket. Not sure this is the way to go but I did not do this.

This scam is still ongoing. We’ve been targeted in Fort Greene by two Traffic Enforcement Agents out of the T-301 command. They falsely alleged that our car (which has NJ plates) was in locations that it has never been. One ticket was dismissed after an online hearing. The second ticket was upheld by ALJ Paul Milbauer because we did “not allege that the vehicle is not accurately described.” Of course the vehicle was accurately described, that’s an integral aspect to this criminal scheme. When we appealed and appeared before the NYC Department of Finance’s Board of Appeals, they openly mocked our evidence, acting like prosecutors and holding us to a standard higher than that in the criminal realm. They wanted proof beyond all doubt that our vehicle was not at the alleged location. That’s of course impossible. We provided surveillance footage from a parking lot 30 minutes away from the alleged location, showing our vehicle entering 3 hours before the time cited on the ticket. We also provided cell phone tracking data showing that we remained by the parking lot from the time the vehicle entered until hours after the time cited on the ticket. We also provided letters from our employers showing that we were at work at the time cited on the ticket, not near the falsely cited location. This is a scam that is clearly enabled by the incompetents at the DOF. If anyone has been issued false tickets by TEAs D. Brathwaite or I. Jones, please contact me. The IAB referred our complaint to the TEAs’ supervisor for investigation. He is looking into it, but I am not holding out much hope.

I received something a little different. A letter from NYC dept of finance saying it is in response to my correspondence (that I never sent) regarding a parking ticket ( that I never revived…I haven’t been to NYC only twice last time three years ago and went on a bus trip with work) letter says I owe nothing on the tickets but I may owe for others ….It lists a summons number and says to keep it for my records???? What’s in the future????

I received a ticket in the mail from the new york department of finance saying i was speeding in a school zone on june,12,2020 . they had a picture of a red explorer with the same license number as mine. i own a black explorer and my license plate is white,blue and yellow and is a pa plate with the keystone logo on it. the plate in the violation photo was blue and yellow and had a different logo(not the keystone logo) and the state was covered by a license plate holder. i took pictures of my different plate and my different color vehicle and emailed them. they then told me to appeal by mail. i resent the pictures and told them my plate is from pa and a different color and that they should look at the logo in the violation picture. they emailed me back saying my case was adjourned and that i had insufficient proof and had 30 days to send documentation. the case should have been dropped with the picture of the different plate. this has been very stressful on me since i,ve already spent 3 hours atleast on the phone, sending emails,etc trying to get this straightened out. i,ve only been to new york one time in my life and that was before 911. any suggestions on how to proceed?

Hello Mr. Bezerin,

I’m just worried about a friend who got 2 empty ticket envelopes few days in a row for “EXP/MSG ISP ST (71)”…then receives corresponding letters a couple of weeks later, these were the notice details:

dated July 6, 2022 for violation date 6/18/22 with $65 due July 19, 2022.

dated June 15, 2022 for violation date July 15, 2021 (yes, 2021) for $95 due July 15, 2022.

Do you think there’s something odd about these? I cannot retrieve the records online using the info from the letter and I don’t have the tickets to get the ticket numbers from. Should I request for the tickets via email? I’m helping my friend pay for then online, that’s why I have all the info on hand.

Received a NYC parking ticket from Front of 150 W 34th St. signature of complaint was C Rose, command T-400, device ID7200. Ticket which had correct plate number, but it had incorrect vehicle description. First appeal denied, second appeal I sent photos of vehicle, copies of registration, circled their wrong information and was still denied.
I have never been to NYC or New York State. Don’t know where to go from here.
Don’t they have enough problem in New York City

I just got one today from Queens NY (I’m in Florida). The tag number is from a car I haven’t owned in like 20 months and I still have the tag in my garage (removed when I sold it). Oh, I’ve also never been to New York and neither has that car. They said it was a black Honda, but my old car was and still is silver (my old boss owns it). The ticket also states there is in sticker and mine shows it expired in Aug 2021. I sent ‘m fighting it, but I honestly can’t see how this stuff happens.

My husband just received a ticket for a bus lane violation via mail from NY. The ticket was issued in Bronx NY and we live in Central PA. We have never been to NY and neither the plate or the car are not ours. No one will listen to us when we call and we are at a loss of who to talk with. We have 1 week to dispute.

I have never been to NY in my car. I live in Texas – My husband is bedridden and requires 24-hour care. I got a bus lane violation. The plate is a Texas plate with my number but not my car. I submitted photos. Last time it was dismissed this time my appeal was denied and they had a hearing that I didn’t know about and now they want $75?!?!? My family thinks it is a scam but I searched the website you mentioned a few posts ago and it is there. I called and tried to dispute and they told me I had to dispute online but they want a ticket number and every number I have they say is not the right number? What happens if I don’t pay? This is so frustrating – this has happened 2 times before and those times I submitted photo and it was done. It’s a different car every time – so frustrating – I’m going to Texas office and get new plates ASAP