15 March 2007

Identity fraud

We were very lucky this time, but we all need to be more vigilant with our personal information!

My husband M received a letter yesterday from a reputable company in the UK (who we happen to have our mortgage with) regarding a recent application. Neither of us had any idea what they were talking about as we haven't applied for anything.

Today, M calls the sender of the letter (Fraud Unit) to be told that our address had been used as a previous address for someone living in Peckham and that they had used M's date of birth. What is really strange is that we have lived at our address since it was built 3 years ago.

Luckily we have caught this fraud in time, but just a reminder to shred everything with any personal information on.

Until next time,

Emma Walker
CKPA Office Solutions

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