bizarre letter from Yellow square .....

fatou256

i just recieved a letter from yellow square to me it doesn't make much sense

it goes on like that

adressed to Mr fatou256/currant ocupant

we are sorry to trouble, but we have been asked to contact Mr fatou256, who we believe is currently residing at the address to which we have written to.

we are a third party re-arranging delivery of mail service and are currenlty trying to contact Mr fatou256 . we would ask if this informaiton correspond to your self that you please contact me on the numbers below for further information. Alternatively, if u know Mr fatou256 and are happy to accept his correspondance opn his behalf and can confirm that it will be passed onto him, this too can be arranged.

alternatively,m if you have any informaion about the whereabouts of the above named, could you supply us with your landlord's details, if applicable, or any queries about this letter please do nto hesitate to contact on the numbers below.

we would kindly ask that you do not ignore this letter, as this refers to an urgent matter.. i am normally around blah balf.."


is this a scam or what ? if they were really trying to send some post then surey a spedcail delivery woudl have suffice or is simply someone trying to fish some info out of us ? i am missing someting in this letter ?!?!!?

fermi

That will a "tracing" company acting on behalf of a creditor/DCA.

fatou256

sorry i forgot to mention the number given by this company is a landline and a mobile phoen njumber and there is a little anecdote on the bottom of the letter in tiny print saying

"trading style of UK search Limited"

fatou256

thanks fermi a but why asking my landlord details ?

fermi

fatou256 wrote: »

thanks fermi a but why asking my landlord details ?

That is odd.

But you can see from their website exactly what they are about.

www.uksearchlimited.com

Ignore them.

DON79

there is a creditor probably looking for you and will have gotten your address from the electoral roll or a recent credit report check or search and have written on the off chance that you are at that address. If you were not at that address, they ask the current occupant for the landlord details to find out if you have ever been a tenant at that address and if the landlord has any forwarding address for you.

fatou256

it is indeed uk search limited have just type in the yellow square company registration number and it come up with that

http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/18a935154ebe637b6c15edde3efa8ad5/compdetails

i though this kind of practice were illegal ?

peachyprice

Send it back with the reply 'Fatou who?'

Dodger61

Time me thinks for a bit of mis-information. Oh what fun you could have. Now where in the world could you possibly be?

skylight

Of course, there is lots of fun and games, but you could always phone them and ask what they want. As we all think its a DCA, your are BR so any debt will come under your BR. Therefore a letter telling you that you deem the matter closed and a copy of your BR notice should stop them pestering you. As there is the probability that they will not go away.

MrsTinks

Personally because I am a very cantankerous person I would get a free pay as you go sim (loads kicking about on offers) and call them from that - say you have been passed the letter and how can you help them?
when they say what it's about point out to them that:
a) you are BR and this is the ref etc
b) the methods they have used to try and contact you are against OFT rules and more than likely data protection act too
c) if they ever contact you again you will take legal action again not only against the company but also any individual personally who contacts you on their behalf.

The point in using the mobile is that they still don't know exactly where you are or how to contact you