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i have recieve a letter today from HFO services saying i am on a 72 hour notice of litigation and that if they do not hear from me within 72 hours the account will be passed to there solicitors for legal action. HFOs legal fees will be then added on to this debt.

 

this barclaycard debt is from about 5/6 years ago when i was living with my ex partner who i had to leave..Anyway i forgot about this card as i moved address and im100% sure it was only a balance of around £250/300 and they now are asking for £1252.60....

 

what shall i do please help me?????????

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HI all

 

I have recieved a letter today from HFO who are saying that i am refusing to pay my debt?? i forgot i had a barclaycard as it was 5/6 years ago and from previous address when was with ex partner. i havent received any letters previously from this company or from barclaycard like since prob 2004/5.

 

It is stating in the letter that i am on a 72 hour notice of litigation?? and they say we should warn you that if we do not hear from you do not get in contact within this time you account will be passed onto our solicitors for legal action,and this will result in legal costs being added to your debt.

 

The card was only for £250 and these people are asking for £1252.60

 

Please advise me on what i should do

 

thankyou all

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Hi

 

Welcome to the HFO Fan Club. This debt could be Statute Barred if you are certain that you have not made any payments or acknowledged it for more than 6 years (5 if you live in Scotland) however, if you are unsure, I think I would send a request for CCA letter, registered post with Postal Order for £1 and do not sign this letter. The link to the template is http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/resources/templates-library/86-debt-collectors/581-cca-request-letter

 

If you do receive anything like a proper agreement within 12 working days (plus 2 days) you can then put the account in dispute and they would have problems doing anything 'legal' until an agreement is produced. Post any replies back on here.

 

It does not sound like they are phoning you which is good.

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pers i'd send nothing.

 

its for them to PROVE it not statute barred

 

not for you to prove IT IS>

 

typical phishing letter whwn a debt is getting close.

 

if the OC wanted their money they would of asked for it YEARS ago.

 

you owe no-one nowt, don't fall for their carrot.

 

IGNORE

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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hey coledog

 

I will do the CCA letter just to be on the safeside. No they are not phoning me thank god:D. thankyou for your advice i will get the letter done and sent off tomorrow and post updates on here

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dx100uk thanks for your reply,they may well of been asking for it but ive not lived at that original address for around 5/6 years so they may have only just found my new address.....

 

should i still ignore or send the cca(which i probably will anyway)

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pers i'd ignore...

 

have you got a copy of your cra file?

 

if nowt shows on there about CCJ's then i'd not pull their tail.

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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let us jump that bridge when we know that.

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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It does not sound like they are trying to enforce a CCJ as they are just threatening 'legal action' now but it is worth getting 'free trials' of your Experian and Equifax credit reports to see if there are any entries put there by HFO or Barclaycard (or if they have recorded any recent searches). Alternatively, you can get a printed one by sending them £2, I think.

Someone on CAG has advised that you should not enter your true phone numbers (make one up) when you register as they can be passed on to creditors. Remember to cancel before the CRAs charge you (you need a debit card to register for free trial). Alternatively, you could wait and see if HFO send you a copy of your credit report plus a photo of your house, which they did to me!

If this alleged debt is on your credit report, it could show how far it is away from being stat barred.

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good idea!

let hfo do it for free!

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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Thanks cole dog i have just requested my report from experian so i will wait and see what it says on it.I would never get another credit card/catalogue/store card or any other means of credit from any1 strictly cash i say, these companys must make billions and make thousands of peoples lives miserable.

 

i was young and daft i suppose:(

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Couple of points, if you do decide to write to them, do not sign just type your name, head your letter with " I DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ANY DEBT TO YOUR COMPANY OR ANY COMPANY YOU CLAIM TO REPRESENT"

 

You say you have requested your credit report from one of the CRAs, well expect any number of creditors to come out of the woodwork now, as the Dcas are the paymasters of CRAs, hence i always advise anyone against broadcasting themselves to these vultures

Please note i have no legal training any advice i give comes from my own experience and from what i have learned on this site

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I have posted on the other thread aswell, they could do with merging, could get messy, ignore HFO for the moment, but send SAR to Barclaycard, should include copy of CCA.

US President Barack Obama referred to Ugland House as the biggest building in the world or the biggest tax SCA* in the world.

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i'll get the threads merged

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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2 threads merged.

Have a happy and prosperous 2013 by avoiiding Payday loans. If you are sent a private message directing you for advice or support with your issues to another website,this is your choice.Before you decide,consider the users here who have already offered help and support.

Advice offered by Martin3030 is not supported by any legal training or qualification.Members are advised to use the services of fully insured legal professionals when needed.

 

 

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Becca

There seems to be a good plan here.

 

Ignore HFO for now - keep the CCA request in mind as may need it later if you get more hassel.

 

Check credit reports. I got mine it July and have found it useful as I know which worms are now in the woodwork, so far not caused any problems

but don't give them any data like phone number.

 

Send Subject Access Request to Barclaycard. This should tell you if there was a valid CCA agreement (doubtful), when any payments were last made,

who BC sold the debt to and when etc. BC will have sold the debt as HFO will not be acting on their behalf.

 

THE SAR costs £10 by postal order and they have up to 40 days to reply so could take a while.

 

Don't worry - the more information you can get, the better. Report back with anything received.

 

The link to the SAR letter is:

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/resources/templates-library/86-debt-collectors/576-subject-access-request-debt-a-dca

 

I don't have an address for Barclaycard but I am sure that other Caggers do.

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Thanks cole dog was getting in a panic then

 

I'll ignore HFO then and go with the SAR plan,I'll try n google BC address or wait for other caggers to give me

 

keep you updated

 

this CC is from at least 5 or more years ago now I'm sure

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