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Exorbitant Charge for Ancient Traffic Violation?


Exorbitant Charge for Ancient Traffic Violation?

Hi, all! I don't know if my question is appropriate for this forum, but I would love insights from seasoned European travelers. I am receiving threatening letters from a German law firm claiming I owe EUR 542 for a traffic violation committed in Italy SEVEN years ago while driving a Sixt rental car. Yikes! I called someone at Sixt customer service who couldn't even locate the record of my car rental because it's so old; she ended up recommending that I just ignore the letters and never rent from Sixt again. So then I sent all the documentation to the Sixt customer service email address and received a response (over a week ago) saying they are looking into it. My question: Has anyone experienced such a thing? Sixt never notified me of a ticket -- and if they had, I would have paid the fine long before the charge grew to over 500 Euros!! If you have knowledge of claims like this, what do you make of the advice to just ignore these letters? They threaten to pretty much take my home, empty my bank accounts, and have me arrested on sight. Any thoughts about this would be welcome. Thanks!

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