betting company searches on credit file

kankan75 · 1 October 2019 at 10:58AM

Hi, I have never had an online betting account but 4 searches for betting companies have shown on my credit file. Do you have any advice what to do? Should I actually be worried or not bother about it?

The companies are showing as : GVC Services Ltd (Gala, Coral and ladbrokes) and 1 search from Petfre (Betfred)

Thanks for your help

kankan75 · 1 October 2019 at 1:31PM

I have actually had an account opened up with my name and address with betfred and am currently working my way through the other companies.

scaredofdebt · 1 October 2019 at 1:42PM

Sounds like identity fraud if you weren't aware of the account, not clear from your post.

Are all your cards etc secure?

kankan75 · 1 October 2019 at 3:43PM

thanks for replying - They seem to be ok so far. The accounts have been set up with my details but no money taken from any of my cards / accounts. I don;t know how the betting accounts work and if they need card details to be set up.

papaface · 1 October 2019 at 8:38PM

Fraudsters may have used your identity to create the accounts to take advantage of the bonuses offered.

Ben8282 · 1 October 2019 at 8:43PM

As the fraudsters will almost certainly have to deposit any money using a card in the correct name and winnings will always be paid back to the card used for the deposit, I wonder how the fraudsters intend to actually collect their winnings.