Final Notice for no train ticket but my details all wrong

[colonelyernoff]

Hi
I was hoping to get some advice.
End July I travelled from a London station into Kings Cross.
I did not buy a ticket, which I agree was woring, but this was for the simple reason that I wanted to jump on the train that had just pulled in and pay on it - something I do every week when commuting from my home town to work.
Having been stopped, I explained the circumstances in a very polite manner but my reasoning fell on deaf ears. I gave some details.
Now I have a Final Notice, having not received the first or second ones. These are the facts - the letter is addressed to a completely wrong address and only slightly resembles the address where my folks used to live and where I lived over 3 years ago. The street name, Town, Postcode are all wrong.
I am by far no dishonest individual, but rather feel very keen to fight this one because of the way I was treated when stopped.
Do I have grounds to say that it was not me who was stopped? I suppose I can do this but would the train people check CCTC footage? Would they really go that far? If so, I will pay forthwith. If not, I will challenge it.

Thank you for any comments

Regards

[Bernie_the_Bolt]

From what you have said, you can truthfully write back as follows:

Dear Sirs,

I have received the attached letter. As you can see from my home address at the top of this letter it appears to have come to me in error.

I confirm that I have never lived at the address to which you are writing.

Yours faithfully

[green_and_mean]

Originally Posted by colonelyernoff

Hi
These are the facts - the letter is addressed to a completely wrong address and only slightly resembles the address where my folks used to live and where I lived over 3 years ago. The street name, Town, Postcode are all wrong.

How did you get a letter sent to a wrong address in another town???