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Ive read over some other posts to try and find someone who has experienced this but havent found any exactly similar so if anyone could advise me on what i could do i would be very grateful .
Last friday i received a letter at my home in wales forwarded from a flat i used to live in in london. i left this flat on bad terms with the people there and they owe me lots of money for bills i have paid (just to set the scene lol). this letter was a fine saying that on the 29th October i didnt pay for my train journey between London Bridge and East Croydon. I moved out of london in June and was no where near london at this time. This letter had almost the exact address of my previous london flat addressed to my name. Is it possible that my ex flatmates (who are the only people in london who would know the address along with the entire correct postcode) could have given my details?im not familiar with the procedure if you dont have a ticket. it seems a bit easy for people if they dont have to produce any ID and can just give someone elses address and name.
The fine was small at £15.90 but i refuse to pay for something that i did not do. any ideas on where i stand with this?do i note it with the police in case they try to use my name for other things as well? may sound a bit OTT but im scared ill get a bill for something bigger and wont be able to prove it wasn't me.
I only received the letter friday 19th december due to their dad sending the letter which they failed to do previously.
I would report this to the police as identity theft - get a crime number at the very least.
Try and ascertain where you were exactly when the offence occurred and see if you can prove this. (for instance if you were at work, if there were witnesses)
I would then write back and tell them that it was not you, you feel that an ex flat -mate has given your details to avoid the fine and that you were nowhere near the area the offence took place in at the time of the offence.
When DD was still at school, so my info is about 5 years old (cd be out of date is what I'm saying), it was common for people in her age group to travel without ticket and when caught giving the name and address of someone else they went to school with and didnt like... We got a couple in DD's name, but as her first name is difficult to spell, the knuckledraggers got it wrong and as she had a staff pass, it was quite easy to tell TFL they'd been had and they let it go.
But yes, at the time at least, it was that easy to get away with it.
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We got a couple in DD's name, but as her first name is difficult to spell, the knuckledraggers got it wrong 
and as she had a staff pass, it was quite easy to tell TFL they'd been had and they let it go.