Debt Collection Agency wrong name.
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athenajm
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Hi, first of all sorry if this is in the wrong place!
I received a letter about a month ago addressed to Jay Sean, and as I could see under the address that it said Final Notice I opened it up. It was from Legal Recoveries & Collections informing Jay Sean that he owed them £45.99 from a Webbilling account.
I phoned the debt collection agency and told them that Jay Sean does not and has never lived at my house. I was tempted to point out to them that he's a famous RnB singer so obviously a fake name but thought that might make it look like I'd used a fake name for some kind of account.
The guy I spoke to said it wouldn't be a problem and that he'd make sure the account was updated with a note saying what I'd told him.
Today I got home and had another letter from Face 2 Face contact again addressed to Jay Sean saying unless the debt is paid within 5 days then they will send bailiffs round.
I'm going to write to them telling them that this person doesn't live here but was wondering whether there's any legislation or rules etc that I can quote to get them to stop sending letters and to make sure no bailiffs come round. I know not to let bailiffs in but my friend who works on my house might unknowingly open the door to them when I'm not here.
Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks
I received a letter about a month ago addressed to Jay Sean, and as I could see under the address that it said Final Notice I opened it up. It was from Legal Recoveries & Collections informing Jay Sean that he owed them £45.99 from a Webbilling account.
I phoned the debt collection agency and told them that Jay Sean does not and has never lived at my house. I was tempted to point out to them that he's a famous RnB singer so obviously a fake name but thought that might make it look like I'd used a fake name for some kind of account.
The guy I spoke to said it wouldn't be a problem and that he'd make sure the account was updated with a note saying what I'd told him.
Today I got home and had another letter from Face 2 Face contact again addressed to Jay Sean saying unless the debt is paid within 5 days then they will send bailiffs round.
I'm going to write to them telling them that this person doesn't live here but was wondering whether there's any legislation or rules etc that I can quote to get them to stop sending letters and to make sure no bailiffs come round. I know not to let bailiffs in but my friend who works on my house might unknowingly open the door to them when I'm not here.
Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks
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Hi, you're in the right place but I'm afraid I don't have any experience of this so can't help. I'm sure someone will be along soon who can. I guess calling National Debtline 0808 808 4000 might help as they'd know the legal situation properlyI'm a qualified accountant but please make sure you get expert advice as any opinion is made in a private capacity.
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Don't worry, its not your debt so they can't do anything. Its just a nuisance from the letters you receive. In the rare event a real bailiff does turn up even they cannot take anything. If they attempt to force entry or remove goods it is a criminal offence and they will be charged.
They send out these threat-o-grams constantly and rarely fail to take up on it. A DCA cannot send round bailiffs without a CCJ, and if they have a CCJ they won't tell you they are sending them they will just arrive. I got lots of crap arriving at my house for a previous tenant.
If anyone does arrive, just tell them you are not the person they are looking for. At the very most show some ID with say a mortgage/rental agreement. Its more than enough proof to give them to get them to go away on a permanent basis.Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.
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