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  1. Can someone please help me? This morning my employer received a letter from Department of Work and Pensions stating they are seeking recovery of monies for me. They had a very old address I hadn't lived at in 4 years. So I call them and give them my reference, the lady at the end of the line, who is clearly miserable and hates her job tells me I owe 93.70 from Job seekers allowance. I have not claimed JSA since 2005 when I claimed for 2-3 months. (9 years ago!) But I know what this is about as soon as she says this. One day in 2005 when I went to sign on I was told the next sign on sate was a bank holiday, so I'd sign twice on that day and wouldn't go in during the bank holiday. Thinking nothing of it 2 YEARS later when I'm in employment in 2007 I receive a letter saying I owe £93.70. I speak to a range of different people and they tell me as I didn't actually sign on a date I should have (as it was a bank holiday) I had technically been overpaid and owe them. I refuse to pay on the grounds of I was just doing exactly what I was told to do, I was not paid any additional amount to what I usually pay. So I appeal. I don't hear anything more from it, until this letter today. Then I speak to this lady and she says I have no option to appeal despite it being 7 YEARS since I did and I've heard nothing from them until today. She said I have to pay the money within 10 days. What do I do? I really don't want to pay money I do not owe. I feel shocked that despite only signing on for a couple of months in my life and being a tax payer for the past 9 years I am having to deal with this! Many thanks
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