Seriously SCARY situation

armchaireconomist

Let them know where to find what remains of his goods that were lost due to the fraudulent actions of his wife. You've done all you can now in a situation that is nothing of your fault.


Hopefully he will of calmed down by now and will see sense and appreciate what you've done...

katejo

littlerock wrote: »

Interesting. My sister's partner lived next to a rented house which eventually got sold. A year or so later someone turned up at his door and said he was the real owner. He comes from North Africa and had bought the house on a mortgage and rented the house out to friends, also from North Africa, while he went back there for a year or so. He had arranged with the friends to pay all the bills direct including the mortgage. They did not, and when the arrears got large enough that balliffs were knocking, they scarpered. The building society then repossessed it and sold it because they were unable to contact him. Of course he did it all wrong, but that was partly because he wanted an unofficial let and trusted his friends. Anyway the upshot was he lost the house and did not know until he came home to find it sold.

The real owner was a rather gullible idiot. At the very least he should have continued to pay the mortgage himself.

movilogo

But every time we attempted to exchange the solicitors phoned both my OH and I up and we had to verbally confirm we were ready. How did the ex get around that one?

Arter reading this thread I am really worried and it seems it is quite easy to sell (or even buy) a property on someone's behalf!!

The online conveyancers don't really meet buyers/sellers face to face. If one knows someone's e.g. spouse's passport details (as identity is checked online), can easily sell/buy on his/her behalf!

Regarding, calling up people before exchange, when husband/wife are joint sellers/buyers, solicitors usually just speak up with one person (unless other person is involved in sale thruout) as it is very common for one person to deal with solicitor on a day to basis. My solicitor once rang me up before purchase and just asked me (not my wife) whether it is OK to exchange. To his defence though, both myself and my wife signed the documents in front of him previously.

TBagpuss

movilogo wrote: »

Arter reading this thread I am really worried and it seems it is quite easy to sell (or even buy) a property on someone's behalf!!

The online conveyancers don't really meet buyers/sellers face to face. If one knows someone's e.g. spouse's passport details (as identity is checked online), can easily sell/buy on his/her behalf!

Regarding, calling up people before exchange, when husband/wife are joint sellers/buyers, solicitors usually just speak up with one person (unless other person is involved in sale thruout) as it is very common for one person to deal with solicitor on a day to basis. My solicitor once rang me up before purchase and just asked me (not my wife) whether it is OK to exchange. To his defence though, both myself and my wife signed the documents in front of him previously.

Each solicitor / conveyancer is responsible taking appropriate steps to verify the ID of their own clients.It's not 100% - practically any system has scope for fraud if the criminals are determined enough.

If the conveyancers don't take reasonable steps to verify their client's ID then they are potentially negligent and liable for any losses which result.

Doing things like signing up for the Land Registry property alerts system can help reduce the risk of becoming a victim by having your house stolen.

HB58

Our on-line conveyancers got verbal permission to exchange from both myself and my hubby. However, they had only our word for it that they were speaking to the right people.

Mrs_pbradley936

This is unbelievable. We have to find out how it all ends so please be sure to update every now and then.

aneary

Mrs_pbradley936 wrote: »

This is unbelievable. We have to find out how it all ends so please be sure to update every now and then.

The OP will probably not find out any details other than their home is not going to be taken away.

The ex etc will be via solicitors/police so will not be public knowledge.

Muttleythefrog

aneary wrote: »

The OP will probably not find out any details other than their home is not going to be taken away.

Unless there was a body stuffed in that dodgy old box in the attic... then they'll be hearing more. Reminds me of the time in a previous life one of my pub clientele asked me to help him move some of his storage boxes ready for a move. I hadn't seen his ex for weeks.. a regular customer... when I felt the weight of one of those boxes I did ask "seen your ex lately at all?"... to which I got a reply 'not for weeks... don't care about that trash any more'... to which I remarked "heavy this box... not seen her for weeks either.. gin sales are well down".. he laughed... then said 'I'll still be coming in'... "wonder if she ever will again"... 'doubt it.. she's moved to the other side'... "dead you think?"... 'no... the other side of town' he said as he laughed... I laughed as well.. saying "phew.. thought for a minute she might be in this box"... I continued shuffling boxes around... "what about your previous ex... haven't seen her for months.. Carling sales have dropped"... 'oh for f***s sake give it a rest... there's no bodies'... "This is thirsty work... shall I get us a couple of Boddies?"... a cardboard box struck me on the side of the head.

BlessedNotStressed

The man turned up at our house tonight asking to check the attic. However, he was very calm & polite - I think he understands that we are innocent victims caught in the crossfire! I allowed him to check the attic but didn't tell him about the boxes. He was too busy hurling obscenities about his ex - he seems to be feeling very vengeful because he was more concerned about getting her to court than getting his money from the sale

Guest101

Not a chance! Really?!

I mean I know people like this exist, but come on