I have searched online and cannot find the answer to my question - it will be there somewhere....... Can anyone help?
Can anyone tell me the way to prevent this? There is some kind of action required with Land Registry, I beleive.
For anyone unfamiliar with this, it has been mentioned on R4 several times. If you are not a resident of your property - you rent it or it is empty, and/or have no mortgage, it is surprisingly easy to forge your identity and for the fraudster to sell your property. Legally, you have no rights to get the property back either.
I ask as I have received a seemingly "official", letter, marked private and confidential, addressed to someone who has not lived here for over 30 years, if they ever have - my knowledge only goes back that far. The address is totally correct too.
I have just downloaded the Title Document and I am still the owner on that.
Can anyone tell me the way to prevent this? There is some kind of action required with Land Registry, I beleive.
For anyone unfamiliar with this, it has been mentioned on R4 several times. If you are not a resident of your property - you rent it or it is empty, and/or have no mortgage, it is surprisingly easy to forge your identity and for the fraudster to sell your property. Legally, you have no rights to get the property back either.
I ask as I have received a seemingly "official", letter, marked private and confidential, addressed to someone who has not lived here for over 30 years, if they ever have - my knowledge only goes back that far. The address is totally correct too.
I have just downloaded the Title Document and I am still the owner on that.