Snowy560

Woke up this morning to an email from the people who bought our home in the UK to say that a huge parcel had been delivered from a well known brand/chain online store addressed to my husband (it was delivered to a neighbour). Of course, it's nothing to do with us.

When he first went to Canada some years ago we had all this with several cell phones. What the thieves do (apparently) is wait down the road and intercept the delivery. Then I was still in the UK to sort it out.

We have been emailed the parcel label and intend to contact the seller to explain and get the parcel returned.

Can anyone who's been through this please tell me what else to do at this distance? There was an addressee contact number on it (!!!).

Thanks for any advice.

DaveLovesDee

Get a credit check done asap.

R I C H

How's it effecting you in Canada? Is your credit being effected? Bank account compromised?

If not, I'm not sure you need to do anything at all.

Snowy560

It's not affecting us atm you're right but it's not a nice feeling and it doesn't seem right.

BristolUK

Especially coming after your bank account being raided.
Seems a remarkable coincidence.

not2old

could it be related to your recent AirBnb booking?

Do you do on line banking, as well as many on line purchases, to giving your credit card number to a person over the phone?

Snowy560

Not the Airnbnb booking because that was in my name.

The parcel is in my husband's name with our old UK address (which is not associated with us on anything anymore as we changed everything to our new address in Canada).

It's the combination of the two (his name, old address) that's worrying.

Snowy560

You have me confused with someone else!

Siouxie

Hmm. I wonder if someone has used your husbands name and your old address to obtain a credit card (in his name) - I would run a check through Experian or similar, if I were you.

http://www.experian.co.uk/consumer/i...eft-risks.html
https://www.cifas.org.uk/identity_fraud
https://www.cifas.org.uk/pr_for_individuals

Totally agree.

BristolUK

You're right. I do.

Snowy560

Siouxie and Dave thanks will investigate those companies.

Stinkypup

And Bristol, you are just a dozy old plant pot

CanadianSpruce

Hi,

Get your husband to register on the protective register. He can set a password that will always be requested when trying to get credit under his name in the U.K.

Have a look here for more info

https://www.cifas.org.uk/pr_for_individuals

BristolUK

I got the gender right...and there was an N in there too.

MidAtlantic

That only works if you currently live at at a UK address.