RICHBURNS/Debt Collector letter addressed to Owner/Occupier!!

Hasbeen

sujsuj said:

Yes there was an incumbent provider (EON) and I used them for 2 months  and closed account and moved to another supplier. This bill is historic one. May be much before my first supplier. Bill is not even addressed to me!!

As the bill is not even addressed to you, then write return to sender, not known at this address.
Pop into post box, job done.
 Stress gone.
Any similar from same address in future, pop in recycling bin.


Many people get letters addressed to owner, occupier, for various reasons.

sujsuj

I am not sure if I mentioned that this letter also says they will be visiting my house as well. I think most people will be getting stressed if a letter of this sort comes . This is not a spam mail, a DC agency being arranged by a utility company to collect £10K!!

Gerry1

sujsuj said:

I am not sure if I mentioned that this letter also says they will be visiting my house as well. I think most people will be getting stressed if a letter of this sort comes . This is not a spam mail, a DC agency being arranged by a utility company to collect £10K!!

What makes you so certain?  Could well be just another classic scam, especially the bit about visiting your house to scare you into acting urgently without thinking.  Not all people that claim to be from named companies are genuine:-

• This is Microsoft.  Your computer has a virus.
• This is Visa / Mastercard department of your bank.  Have you authorised a transaction of £999 from a foreign country?
• This is Amazon.  Your Amazon Prime subscription of £79.99 is about to be renewed.
• This is BT Openreach.  Your router is infected and sending error messages.

You could always send it to the Richburns address shown on the genuine website and ask them (as The Occupier) whether it's really genuine.  If so, you could then send them a formal Cease and Desist letter.

ToomanyPies

They have no right to enter your home. They also need to provide proof of the debt. There may be something useful for you here:
https://moneynerd.co.uk/richburns-debt-recovery/

poppasmurf_bewdley

Why would you let a letter, not addressed to you about something not concerning you, stress you out? Put it on the bin and forget it. 

Hasbeen

sujsuj said:

I am not sure if I mentioned that this letter also says they will be visiting my house as well. I think most people will be getting stressed if a letter of this sort comes . This is not a spam mail, a DC agency being arranged by a utility company to collect £10K!!

Then. If anyone actually turn up, then show them a copy of your council tax bill etc.
Then they will not come back.

Personally I would not be at all stressed.

The debt is not / would be in my name. 

macman

sujsuj said:

I am not sure if I mentioned that this letter also says they will be visiting my house as well. I think most people will be getting stressed if a letter of this sort comes . This is not a spam mail, a DC agency being arranged by a utility company to collect £10K!!

They visit, you deny them entry, very simple. Debt collectors have no powers of entry whatsoever. 
They don't even have a name, so they're hardly likely to come visiting.
If you want to get rid of them, be helpful and show them some prof that you only occupied the proprty 3 months ago,
And no, you can't get compo for stress for a letter about money you know you didn't owe anyway.

Hasbeen

macman said:

sujsuj said:

I am not sure if I mentioned that this letter also says they will be visiting my house as well. I think most people will be getting stressed if a letter of this sort comes . This is not a spam mail, a DC agency being arranged by a utility company to collect £10K!!

They visit, you deny them entry, very simple. Debt collectors have no powers of entry whatsoever. 
They don't even have a name, so they're hardly likely to come visiting.
If you want to get rid of them, be helpful and show them some prof that you only occupied the proprty 3 months ago,
And no, you can't get compo for stress for a letter about money you know you didn't owe anyway.

Is this what the continuous posts about stress etc is about?  to claim some compo?  

The OP appears to be a very stressful person? 

sujsuj

I need to find a way that these kind of stress shouldn't happen to another person. If I was ill or not in good health I could have been badly affected by a letter like this. I will have to find a way that both utility company and RICHBURNS pay for this non-sense

p00hsticks

sujsuj said:

I need to find a way that these kind of stress shouldn't happen to another person. If I was ill or not in good health I could have been badly affected by a letter like this. I will have to find a way that both utility company and RICHBURNS pay for this non-sense

For goodness sake, take a deep breath, calm down and stop being such a drama queen!