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Hope someone can advise me what to do about about a letter that was sent to my sons girlfriend's mother's house regarding a debt that i am supposed to owe to Wescot.
I am extremely alrmed that they have sent a letter demanding payment to a persons house that i really don't have anything to do with and have never lived with.
Have they assumed i lived there because my son lived there for a while???
As for the debt, i am really not sure if i owe this money or not as i had to leave the area for personal reasons almost six years ago and have never taken any personal loans etc out since leaving.
they say that the debt for £115 was sold to them and the haeding on the letter says "notice of assignment"
Should i acknowledge the letter even though they sent it to a strangers house?
As they say they have bought the debt, would i still be able to use statute barred as i believe this debt is over five years old.
Hopefully someone can offer advice to my ramblings.
I take it the letter was addressed to you, well with your name on it.
If no acknowledgement of this alleged debt has been made in the past 5 years, then yes it's statute barred.
I'd tend to ignore it, there is a letter I can give you asking them to prove the alleged debt, but until they contact you at your address I'd let it lie.
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If you havent made any acknowledgement to the alledged debt in over 5 yrs then the debt would be statute barred irrespective of when wescotts bought the debt.
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can they do this?
as i believe this debt is over five years old.
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