Bailiff at the door

stop

I wish life ws so much easier, I was woken this morning with a man and his van, time 06.15 demanding payment from Derbyshire County Council, he either wanted cash or my valuables amounting to £371.50. He wouldn't tell me why and what it was for anyway I have given my card details to him to take the money from my account on Friday. I still don't know what it is for and haven't been in Derbyshire at all in the kast 2 years.......
WHAT DOES A WOMAN DO

superwoman247

Have you contacted Derbyshire coucil to find out? Are you aware of any outstanding payments? Have you run an experian report or something to find out who you owe?

kazwookie

Did he leave you any paper work?

His name? business address? etc

If he did I suggest you ring and ask.

stop

to try and get hold of any council is well i have tried all of this morning to no avail, keep on trying, paper work was a letter addressed from Marston and he will not give me any info regarding the matter

superwoman247

have you checked your credit report to see who you owe?

gazfocus

well if you don't know what it's for, ring your bank and stop your card. Then find out from derbyshire county council what the money is for. It's easy to contact the council by phone so just look their number up on the Internet and give them a ring.

Tixy

You've given him your bank card details without knowing what the debt was for? Personally I'd be cancelling the card with the bank asap (and hoping he hasn't yet taken anything from it) and first finding out who you owe, for what and checking that they haven't added on any illegal fees (not uncommon with bailiffs).

Only when you are satisfied that you owe the money and the balance is correct would I consider paying them. And even then I wouldn't give them card details.

Edit - to the poll at the top. Bailiffs are appointed by courts to enforce debt collection when other methods of collection have been unsuccessful.

no_choice_now

A random in a van banged on your door and demanded card details for a debt you don't know about?

Think I know what I'll be trying tomorrow morning. I'll be DF by lunchtime if most people are as gullible as this.

ceecee31

I read this with disbelief. Is it for real? Surely no-one in their right mind would hand over bank details to someone who appeared at their door in the morning, for something they don't know about? Methinks there's something fishy about all this.

stop

I would like to thank you all for the remarks after seeing a couple of threads I have got hold of the company that sent him and they are resolving this as we speak.
Thank you again
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superwoman247

All the best, never trust collectors with your bank details, they will clean you out