13-02-2016 07:59 via feeds.theguardian.com

Hassle and harassment as debt collectors chase wrong people for money

Innocent people can find themselves having to prove who they are if letters and calls start arriving at their property, so know your rightsNicole Newman, a mother-of-one from Tottenham, north London, was recently forced to prove her identity to a bailiff after a court order named her property as the address of a council tax absconder.Letters started arriving three months after she bought her house, until one day she received an already-opened letter which stated that the following week an enforc
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