I'm concerned

iFrankie · 02-05-2009, 01:38

im really concerned about my step brothers money problems, just found out today that hes been taking money out of hes bank account which has never had funds in it, he got a letter today from CIFAS.'' Preventing Fraud since 1988'' it says..

we have good grounds to suspect fraud, which is a criminal offence, in relation to the conduct of an account, it is normal practice to share this information with other financial services, companies, public authorities and other organizations, therefor in order to safeguard our interests and those of other organizations, we intend to record information about you with the cifas. this may result in you encountering delays in obtaining other products or services in the future, while your identity and address is confirmed.

You have the right under data protection act to request a copy of any information help against you/

Could you please contact us to discuss this matter as soon as possible. if you prefer to write instead of telephoning, please address your letter to me personally, i look forward to hearing from you so that this matter may be cleared up satisfactory.

im really worried for him, and i have no idea how to help him, iv told him to ring them up but he just won't. he suffers from really bad depression and he also has a gambling problem. any idea of what to do?

02-05-2009, 08:00

You need to talk to him about it. You can not make someone into what you want he may well not like your interference (as he will see it)

Any debt is all shared via credit reference agencies. Any unpaid bills county court judgements or bad debts all gets shared and scored. You can get a free trial over on Equifax to see what financial information is stored

iFrankie · 02-05-2009, 17:52

right ok thanks zinglebarb, he said he'll ring tomorrow but ill have to speak for him. finally we are getting somewhere lol

Dai · 02-05-2009, 20:10

If CIFAS are involved he may have got sucked into one of these 'work from home' schemes that get spammed out regularly.
The type that want to to receive money into your account, keep 10% and forward the rest via a money service. I'd imagine that could be quite tempting to someone with a gambling problem.
Unfortunately what you are normally doing is channelling money stolen from 'phished' accounts which could have very nasty repercussions when you get traced.