Orange, DD, Bank, Fraud, Police? Where to go Please.

PasturesNew

Annisele wrote: »

You could get a protective registration with CIFAS. That's not very MSE - it costs £12 + VAT per year - and it can make it a real PITA to actually get credit/open accounts. However, the point is that it's also a PITA for anybody else to get credit in your name.

Personally I wouldn't bother - but if the "fretting" really is consuming every minute of every day, it might be worthwhile in this case.

We don't use credit in our house. Although having said that there are some bizarre things that "count as credit" that are creeping into everything you do in life these days. e.g. when I tried to get Virgin broadband, I apparently failed their credit checking for the cheapest account.. never thought of any service as being credit before.

So ... in this house we don't buy things, we don't use credit. It's all very 1850s.

Experian_company_representative

Might be worth the account holder checking their credit report in case other accounts have been opened. Our victims of fraud team would also be able to offer advice and, if necessary, alert the other CRAs.

James Jones