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Scam note through my door

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  • Scam note through my door

    This has freaked out my single parent grownup daughter. This note was pushed through her letterbox this morning. She doesn't owe anybody anything and it seems quite menacing? It had her first name on it. The only people that would have her details are people like Deliveroo etc where you get random deliveringfood. How to approach this? Thankyou. Ps. Oh the number doesn't work.
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    Sorry, forgot to add pic of note
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    • #3
      Pass it to the police. I note the phone number given is not a UK number
      Lawyer (solicitor) - retired from practice, now supervising solicitor in a university law clinic. I do not advise by private message.

      Litigants in Person should download and read the Judiciary's handbook for litigants in person: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/..._in_Person.pdf

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      • #4
        Yes it is Ireland. I also agree about reporting the threatening letter

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        • #5
          I agree report it online to police "just in case'" but on this alone police will do nothing (and tbh there isn't much they can do). But she can ask them for advice on precautions she can take.

          Does your daughter have her name shown on many doorbell or entry system where she lives? Another source for randomly harvesting names.

          As a scam to get money this doesn't get past first base. What's the point of giving a non-existent number if you want someone to contact you to pay you money?

          A Google search for the number and a check on 'who called me?' sites found no trace the number has ever existed. Not so much a scam to get money, more some type of harassment? Not that that is much consolation either way.
          All opinions expressed are based on my personal experience. I am not a lawyer and do not hold any legal qualifications.

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          • #6
            Because the note has 'zero' merit as scam.

            Could this be something that someone who knows your daughter has done 'deliberately' to upset her, provoke her etc?

            Knowing it will worry her.

            https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/

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            • #7
              Or just some random nasty piece of work who gets his laughs from frightening women he doesn't even know?

              Expressing it in US dollars made me wonder if the writer was American. Does that ring any bells?
              All opinions expressed are based on my personal experience. I am not a lawyer and do not hold any legal qualifications.

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