Companies using my address for their energy bills

jules0797

Back in June I received a welcome letter from British Gas at my residential address but for a company. I don't have anything to do with this company and the bill was for different premises. I contact British Gas on their online chat and after checking with land registry they said they would ensure my address was removed from this companies account. Then I received another letter to the same company about a week later. I contact British Gas again by online chat and they assured me my address had been removed from this companies details and i should receive no further correspondence.
Last week I received another letter but for a different company and again contacted online chat who assured me they would remove my address. However, today I received a bill to this company for just under £2k. I searched Companies House and this Limited company is registered in Bradford. I am in Halifax nearby.
Is this some sort of fraud and how do I ensure that my address is not used again? I am applying for a new mortgage next year and do not want any black marks against my address which may jeopardise my mortgage application.

comeandgo

You can never ensure that your address is not used again.  Just return the mail marked not at this address and after a few returned letters the companies doing the sending will stop.

MWT

jules0797 said:

I am applying for a new mortgage next year and do not want any black marks against my address which may jeopardise my mortgage application.

That at least is not a concern, the belief that your address can get a 'bad rating' is pure fiction.

The only importance that attaches to your address when dealing in matters of credit is to make sure that the address you use for your mortgage application exactly matches the address on the electoral roll, and also make sure that same exact address is on your major existing credit arrangements like credit cards, bank accounts etc.

theoretica

Is there any similarity to your address? Eg same street number and similar postcode that might go wrong in one of those online address finders?  I had that happen to me, a neighbour got their postcode wrong by one letter and I got all their post.  Sorted by pointing the error out to the neighbour, not to the senders of the post.

jules0797

Hi, no the addresses are totally different. I thought that myself so looked to see if i could see any similarity. They are two different companies but both catering ones. One was not a Limited company and one was, one in Halifax and one in Bradford. They also had peoples names on them but they were different too.

Farway

comeandgo said:

You can never ensure that your address is not used again.  Just return the mail marked not at this address and after a few returned letters the companies doing the sending will stop.

This ^^^^^^ If it is not addressed to you by name don't open it, just write "Not at known at this address" and pop it back in the post box

As said above, the senders will soon get the message, especially if money is involved

Just as belt & braces I'd take a photo before you pop it back in the box