Asked by Iselle on 01-03-2021 19:11:25
Question posted in the Criminal Law category relating to Eastern Cape
In Oct 2019 my bank details and ID was stolen and fraudulent credit cards opened in my name at ABSA and Edgards. I struggled until January this year but managed to have both removed. In February, a new credit card was loaded onto my clearscore for being in default, from Jet. This has now been removed, but now there are another 14 x Edgars credit cards loaded on my name as I can see from Clearscore. How do I get this removed? It has been financially crippling as I cannot apply for a home loan as we are in the middle of trying to buy the house we are living in. I have SAPS case numbers and have taken it up with Experian. But there seems to be a syndicate that has been targetting my credit record. /E Edgars and RCS are useless and this fraud is done from inside as there is no way that someone can open 16 different credit cards, at the same company on 1 persons name.
Can I actually sue RCS/Edgars? It is their incompetence and my life has been very badly impacted.
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