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Somebody applying for loan and using my mob no.

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Hi everybody,

looking for some advice so hopefully you can help. Hve received phone call and text message from a loan company from somebody that is using my number. The loan company has advised me the password and loan details etc. When the loan co. phones i advise them clearly that i am not the person they are looking for and tell them them that this person does not reside at my address and never has.

Is there any further action i can take. From what i can piece together the person asking for the loan is both using a false address and phone number altough not using my name.

Thanks in advance.

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  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    You don't know the real number of the person who wants the loan, you don't know their address and you can bet their name may be false as well - if you were told it.

    Not much to go on, is there?
  • gjchester
    gjchester Posts: 5,741 Forumite
    etape2012 wrote: »
    Is there any further action i can take. From what i can piece together the person asking for the loan is both using a false address and phone number altough not using my name.

    Thanks in advance.


    Your already assigning malice or fraud for what could be a simple error, mis-remembering a number, a 1 read as a 7, a 0 or a 6 badly written, or someone keying it in to a computer wrongly.

    Simply tell them they have the wrong number, thats all. After a few times they'll put a flag on the computer so whenever the person calls they'll ask for the right number.
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