1p Debt

kshamandi

Hi all,

Just to make it short, 5+ years ago I was overdrawn on my account (first time ever) by accident for 1 pence and my bank charged me for unplanned use of overdraft and by the time I found out, the charge was almost £45 and after I spoke with the bank they refused to do anything about it so I stopped dealing with that bank any more since then and the last thing I remember is the debt went up to £115.87

Recently, I started receiving letters from red debt collectors asking me to pay the debit of £115.87 and I kept ignoring them, and the last letter was about they will forward my details to hampton legals to deal with the matter and take it to court!

ANY advice what can I do in this situation being asked to pay money I don't owe and have no idea from where it come from?.

Thanks

McKneff

What is the actual date of the default on your credit file.....
Its important

McKneff

kshamandi wrote: »

Hi all,

Just to make it short, 5+ years ago I was overdrawn on my account (first time ever) by accident for 1 pence and my bank charged me for unplanned use of overdraft and by the time I found out, the charge was almost £45 and after I spoke with the bank they refused to do anything about it so I stopped dealing with that bank any more since then and the last thing I remember is the debt went up to £115.87

Recently, I started receiving letters from red debt collectors asking me to pay the debit of £115.87 and I kept ignoring them, and the last letter was about they will forward my details to hampton legals to deal with the matter and take it to court!

ANY advice what can I do in this situation being asked to pay money I don't owe and have no idea from where it come from?.

Thanks

This may sound harsh, but in actual fact you do owe this money, for the reasons the bank gave you. The worst thing you could have done was ignore the £45 which you owed. Did you honestly think they would forget about it. And because you ignored it, they have added even more charges to it.