On Feb 22, 9:38*pm, Paul Day <pa...@enigma.id.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:04:45 virgmob...@netscape.net may have written:> Ifother people think they have their Telstra troubles, then they will
> > be interested in my problem. *What Telstra did was allow someone to
> > set up an apparently fixed telephone account, and have the bill sent
> > to my personal address. *At first I did not open the Telstra
>
> <snip>
>
> It sounds like you're caring more than you need to. If the name on the
> envelope isn't yours, you shouldn't be openning it, let alone wasting
> your time caring about it. Debt is owned by a person, not by an address.
> Just keep RTSing them

My solicitor advised me to do absolutely nothing about it (i.e.throw
the letters in the bin), and if Telstra's agents were stupid enough to
somehow involve me in legal proceedings then they would pay a
financial penalty. I was more wary about the matter, as, for one
thing, I did not know what the financial consequences legally would be
for myself, so I thought it best to try to reason with the Beast
(i.e., Telstra's agents). For about a month now I have heard
nothing from Dun & Bradstreet, so they finally must have got the
message from my solicitor.

The thing is, moreover, that I have received correspondence for the
same person at my address as was involved with the Telstra scam, from
another company, so it is someone deliberately targeting myself. If
it is the person I think, then he is very legally cunning (and is
regarded as a vexatious litigant by the legal fraternity), so there is
bound to be some method in his madness. Perhaps it is the case that
in relation to my opening of the letters is where he hopes to trap me
legally, assuming there is some penalty involving opening letters
posted to your address meant for another person. The sensible thing
therefore to do was to follow my solicitor's original advice.

>
> Now if Telstra somehow managed to terminate _your_ service with them
> because of it, I'd be kicking up a stink.
>
> I do agree re: openning an account with an incorrect address. Don't
> Telstra need two pieces of ID, one showing (what is likely to be) your
> current address (eg, recent bill from another utility, current driver's
> license), before you can open a telephone account?
>
> PD
>
> --
> Paul Day