CCS Random letter

abbb123

Hi everyone, I wonder if you can help/advise. I am currently into my fourth month on a DMP with Stepchange. one of my debts is with the DWP but that was sold on to a local debt recover company but today I received a letter from ccscollect.co.uk who I've never had dealing with.

Dear Miss ******

Our client reference: **** Ccs reference:****

We are attempting to contact the above named person regarding a personal matter. Following investigation we have been provided with the address above as the likely current residential address of Miss **** *****.

If you are the named person above, please contact us on 0800 781 4720 quoting reference number ******** and we will be able to give you further details of the matter we need to discuss.

If however -
YOU are NOT the person named above or possibly have information regarding the whereabouts of Miss**** ****, then please contact our investigation team in confidence on the number above, or email us at correspondence@ccscollect.co.uk.

Yours sincerely

Sam selby
ccscollect


As you can see it doesn't say who the debt is with and I'm just worried to ring them in case it's a fishing letter or something.


Thanks in advance for any help / assistance.

twiggy86

I haven't ever received letters from debt collection agencies - but in my view this looks like a fraud. Maybe someone will come along and say different who has received legitimate letters like this and they intentionally don't put the debt info in the letter in case you're not the correct person.
Can you google this company and see if anything comes up about receiving fraudulent letters?
Hope you get this resolved.

happy_bunny_2

It sounds like a fishing letter.

Either ignore til they write with info that proves its your debt or if you feel the urge to reply, send the prove it letter.

sourcrates

DCA`s sometimes use texts, emails, letters etc, as a way of getting people to contact them if they don't have exact details of the debtor.
You have to remember debts get sold on in batches, and sometimes the info can be as little as a name, a balance, and a last know address, so they may letterbomb all smiths, for example in a particular area, in the hope of a hit.


Unless you get something in writing detailing what they want from you, I would just ignore it.