Jon Danzig: 'Help! My identity was stolen'

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My identity was stolen. Someone pretending to be me went to a loan company, QuickQuid, and borrowed £400 at 5,200% APR interest. Then QuickQuid wrote to me demanding repayment.

This edition of 'You and Yours' (audio only) was first broadcast on BBC Radio Four on Wednesday 25 January 2012. Permission to re-broadcast on YouTube for personal use only granted by the BBC and Jon also has permission from BBC Worldwide Ltd to broadcast his BBC contributions on his internet showreel here. Sound broadcast copyright of BBC; pictorial content compiled by Jon Danzig.

The original BBC Radio 4 broadcast can be heard at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b019rqh3/You_and_Yours_25_01_2012/?%20t=...

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[metaltron32]

So ultimately if you were to enter somebody else's address and name but even make up their date of birth you could get £400 for free off of the company, I don't know what the maximum amount you can loan is. Surely QuickQuid should be trying to work with you on this as not only does it give them a bad reputation, but they must lose money and are now under investigation. It seems ridiculous!

Andrew