I got a question regarding council tax, at my old uni (well, before I transferred to London), I was living in a house, but I was living alone, I was a full time registered student. The uni used to send over details of all the students who were registered to the local borough council. I've been told that full time students registered at a higher education instituition should be fully exempt from council tax, however for 2 years I was only granted the 25% discount as they classified it as a one person residence. Looking back I never challenged them and just paid the bill (which came upto £1400/year, which is a hell of a lot to student who only gets around £4000 loan). Did they apply the right discount? Or did they pretty much take advantage of my single person status as opposed to student status and applied the lesser discount? Any thought and opinions would be helpful and much appreciated. Many thanks in advance

Thank you everyone for your help. You have all been very helpful. I got a letter from my tutors saying that I was present in lectures, along with the copy of the attendance sheet that was signed that day by everyone present (which I have signed myself). Also, after reading the summons sent out to me correctly, it's titled as Mr, so it turns out that the imposter was a man, whilst I am very clearly not a man (I just saw my name on the letter and panicked and didn't read the name address bit properly, and completely missed out the Mr bit). So I'm hoping that I do not have any problems Thank you everyone once again for your help

Thank you so much everyone. I shall do everything that you have advised. No I haven't had any letters regarding this before, not unless something has come through, and my housemates or I have chucked out if it has been mixed in with junk mail. I usually get quite excited when I recive mail, as I hardly get anythig other than bank statements, but this wasn't exciting, it was upsetting. I'm always fearful about identity fraud, it's happened before ( someone had been making top ups using my card details for an orange mobile phone (I'm with T-mobile, so this was obvious) and then when I had made a withdrawal at uni in Bristol, 2 mins later someone had made a withdrawal in Hull). So ever since then I am very very paranoid about everything. I just seem to be very unlcuky

Oh ok. I hate the horrible lying person who did this. But I take it means that it is someone that knows me, which is even more upsetting

Thank you. I shall do that. Does this mean that someone somewhere has some sort fake ID that has my details on? I'm sorry for panicking, it's just so upsetting and frightening

Please please help me. I've just recieved a court summons on behalf of first capital connect stating that I was travelling last month from Denmark Hill to Elephant and Castle in the morning and that I bought a child ticket instead of an adult ticket. The thing is that I never do that, I wasn't travelling that morning, my lecturer can confirm that I was in a lecture. I just don't know what to do, I'm so scared that someone has been using my details, it isn't the first time that I've been a victim of fraud. Ijust don't know what to do and I'm really scared, I'm a medical student and I'm scared that I'm going to get a criminal record and have to stand up in court and this is going to ruin my career even though I'm innocent. I'm absolutely terrified. Please please help me