can someone help please, abit of a weird situation

dtaylor84 wrote: »

Technically you're right. But the alternative is that they pursue your dad for fraud. I suggest he pays up and settles the matter before it gets to that.

thanks

while i had the feeling that technically i was right, what im more curious to know is

if i prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person they are infact chasing for their money + affecting the credit file of is not me, will i also have to prove 'who' it is, because to my knowledge of the legal system and stuff, it isnt my duty to prove to them WHO it is, its just my duty to prove to them that it isnt me

now, if they do persue my dad for fraud then, well that will be his own issue to handle, but as for me, i am only interested in having them take any negative credit notes off my credit file, which is what i think im ultimately trying to figure out if i can do

edit - the reason i underlined but, is because, from your post i gathered what you were saying is, that there is only one alternative, which is they persue him for the money/fraud, which is why i said, does that mean that i will have to prove who it is, or that my duty will end at proving that it is not me

shortcrust wrote: »

What I mean is that he can sort this out by telling the phone company what he did. I don't know what the repercussions would be for him, but that would produce the best outcome for you. It's what I would be asking my dad to do, and I wouldn't expect him to argue. The only alternatives are for the record to stay on your file, or for this to be reported as fraud which is going to come back to your dad anyway, perhaps with difficult questions for your to answer as well.

Bills have been sent to your name (near enough) and your address. Those bills have been paid and the phone has been used. That's a pretty substantial 'ghost'! As far as the company is concerned it's either your account or it's fraud that be easily traced to it's source.

thats fine, they can trace the source, they will find its been him paying, its been him using the phone, and they will also find that it is NOT me. i wouldnt even have anything to hide if they asked me. at some point the question would have to be asked about a credit check, and then it will be down to them to answer what credit records they checked for this person? i was 15 at the time, there was no credit, and if they had known the person they were giving a contract to was 15 then they made a mistake

sorry im not sure if this made sense ^^, im basically trying to say, that somewhere along the line, the company themselves have made a mistake, they mustve? because it doesnt make sense how they could be chasing a contract, that was created when the person who owns the contract wouldve been 15 at the time

i would be lying if there wasnt a part of me that is curious how this is going to play out, the money will be paid by me/dad ONLY, if it looks like there is a default coming onto my file, because the fact remains, that he had a fall out with the company where he was actually in the right

(he left his phone in his office drawer and locked the door, the janitor came in, cleaned the room and forgot to lock it again, camera's caught several students going into the room and coming out, but not what they did, the insurance company which was directly a part of the phone company itself, said they wouldnt give him another phone because he didnt do enough to keep the phone safe - he's a headteacher, leaving your phone in a draw in a locked room, couldnt really get much safer than that)

so yeh, quite frankly i dont want to make it easy for the company when they kinda screwed him over too, BUT, please, everyone, remember, the bill WILL be paid, should it look like it will give me a default which will be on there for 6 years.