robbiekeane
Well-Known Member
Never thought it would ever happen to me but someone has, or is trying to, do me over. I don't live in the UK anymore (haven't for about 4 years) but my parents got a letter through the post from Companies House with confirmation that I have been set up as a director for a brand new company that i've never heard of and had no part of. Pretty scary stuff really as it's at parents address and obviously the intend would be to rip people off in my name or even apply for loans/financing in my name.
I called the action fraud hotline (24 hour which was helpful) and told them the whole deal and got a reference number. Then emailed companies house too and let them know and provided the reference number.
Checked my credit score on clearscore and others and i've seen a tonne of "soft searches" for random companies i've never heard of that seem to be credit providers. I got extremely nervous at this but i do understand that these can come on your report pretty easily from things like clearscore scouting the market on your behalf (although not convinced it's not something more sinister).
I also registered with CIFAS for extra security requirements for any new credit which should stop anything getting opened without me being contacted.
I don't really know how this happened either which is the more scary thing - my email address is secure and i'm logged out on all devices apart from the ones i use. Someone must have somehow got their hands on some information that you are needed to provide in order to set yourself up as a Director for the business. This from gov.uk:
Scary stuff. Anyone been through anything similar? Any advice?
Hoping no loans have been taken out in my name - the advice from the action fraud hotline was to just keep monitoring and if anything dodgy comes up then contact the lender and provide them with my reference number and they should remove the account.
Watch out people...never thought it would happen to me
I called the action fraud hotline (24 hour which was helpful) and told them the whole deal and got a reference number. Then emailed companies house too and let them know and provided the reference number.
Checked my credit score on clearscore and others and i've seen a tonne of "soft searches" for random companies i've never heard of that seem to be credit providers. I got extremely nervous at this but i do understand that these can come on your report pretty easily from things like clearscore scouting the market on your behalf (although not convinced it's not something more sinister).
I also registered with CIFAS for extra security requirements for any new credit which should stop anything getting opened without me being contacted.
I don't really know how this happened either which is the more scary thing - my email address is secure and i'm logged out on all devices apart from the ones i use. Someone must have somehow got their hands on some information that you are needed to provide in order to set yourself up as a Director for the business. This from gov.uk:
Scary stuff. Anyone been through anything similar? Any advice?
Hoping no loans have been taken out in my name - the advice from the action fraud hotline was to just keep monitoring and if anything dodgy comes up then contact the lender and provide them with my reference number and they should remove the account.
Watch out people...never thought it would happen to me