Identity Theft

[MarillionFan]

So, not long after having some scroat apply for three credit cards in my name which I managed to stop. I planned to set up a new mail redirect.

Oh no! The same scroat had beaten me to it.

So somebody pretending to be me, using my identity and utility bills in my name strolls into a post office and pays for a redirect.

I have of course phoned the post office and had it stopped and subsequently phoned the police ,who are now 'investigating'.

So I ask the Post Office for the address and they site, Data Protection Act. So I try a couple of times with no luck. Finally I head down to the sorting office with an official looking letter saying 'Identity Fraud' on it,just to let them know more than anything and they...... well they give me the forwarding address.

So I now know where the scroat is planning on having the mail sent, a lovely address in down town Walthamstow, a particularly rough part of the neighbourhood according to a mate who worked in the area.

So do I

a) Let the police carry on
b) Head up to the address in London and bang on the door
c) Send some boys around
d) I am AndyW

[chicane]

The address is probably a squat, drug den or other place of "temporary residence". Best not to head down there - at least not alone.

[Ruprect]

option (c)

£800 to get the job done according to the metro this morning

[cailin maith]

option (c)

£800 to get the job done according to the metro this morning

I know some boys, who know some boys..... if you need to know!

[Zippy]

Let the Police carry on but give them the information you have got. Try Crimestoppers for an anonymous tip off.

Sorry to say this probably won't do any good so I'd start thinking of ways to make life as difficult as possible for the guy without getting yourself arrested. I have a couple of suggestions to get you started

- give his name, address and any phone numbers you have to all the debt collectors you can find. If he's screwed you over he'll have done it to other people and hopefully they'll harass him to death
- pass on his details to the credit card companies?

Hope you nail the little bar steward

[pmeswani]

So, not long after having some scroat apply for three credit cards in my name which I managed to stop. I planned to set up a new mail redirect.

Oh no! The same scroat had beaten me to it.

So somebody pretending to be me, using my identity and utility bills in my name strolls into a post office and pays for a redirect.

I have of course phoned the post office and had it stopped and subsequently phoned the police ,who are now 'investigating'.

So I ask the Post Office for the address and they site, Data Protection Act. So I try a couple of times with no luck. Finally I head down to the sorting office with an official looking letter saying 'Identity Fraud' on it,just to let them know more than anything and they...... well they give me the forwarding address.

So I now know where the scroat is planning on having the mail sent, a lovely address in down town Walthamstow, a particularly rough part of the neighbourhood according to a mate who worked in the area.

So do I

a) Let the police carry on
b) Head up to the address in London and bang on the door
c) Send some boys around
d) I am AndyW

Give the evidence to the police. That is the truth. Let them go and arrest the guy. You don't know how big the crime might be. Once they have arrested and charged the guy, pretend to be Andyw for a week and be happy. But seriously, give it to the police.

[MarillionFan]

Actually, I phoned up a couple of good ole boys I know and they were like 'right give us the address'.

When I did, they went. Nah, I'd call the police, we know the road. Eastern European red light district.

Nice.

[cailin maith]

Actually, I phoned up a couple of good ole boys I know and they were like 'right give us the address'.

When I did, they went. Nah, I'd call the police, we know the road. Eastern European red light district.

Nice.

Crikey - even my boys might avoid that!

[MarillionFan]

Stuff it. Got all the details on the occupants of the address. Good old irish names.

Doing a search using checkbiz! (remember the dodgy site with the wildcard search), everyone who lives around them is Asian.

Methinks me smells curry!

[bogeyman]

Crikey - even my boys might avoid that!

You can guarantee the police will avoid it.