This is incorrect, and without being rude it's false info like this that perpetuates around internet forums because people post it because they heard it from someone else on the internet and then people get into trouble.
https://cleardebt.co.uk/debt-help/debt-help-guides/out-of-date-debt
Big difference - you can most certainly be pursued for a debt after 20 years if the limitation act doesn't apply to your situation. Now we know in Scania's case that he's not in Scotland, and that he hasn't had contact about this debt before so he should be safe under this the Limitation Act. However as someone mentioned earlier, what's to say if they got hold of a recording of his voice when he calls, or a copy of his signature so they can then falsify that they had had contact within successive 6 years periods. These debt companies are hardly squeeky clean and as someone mentioned the website for this one was only registered less than two months ago. Be very careful!
Thanks, very helpful.
They are a genuine company that used to purchase old debt from Lloyds. Remember all the entities that Lloyds own now as well. So it may not have been branded specifically as Lloyds at the time.
They certainly seemed genuine when I spoke to them, no mention of payment and they said they were not in full possession of all details which I found interesting, hence the two weeks before they said they’d be back in touch.
I’m ready though for whatever ploy follows next, it seems pretty open and shut to me, I’ve no record of any Lloyd’s debt, never had a Lloyd’s account certainly not 20years ago and after making a conscious effort over the past few years to make sure anything in my credit file that would cause me a problem was rectified, I don’t see how this has been missed.
Just paid for a detailed report and I’m showing nothing for Lloyd’s whatsoever.
The one thing I’m struggling with is a definitive view on statute if a barred debt which is an overdraft is eligible for being statute barred as such.
Looking forward to their correspondence, might end up having some fun (or a headache) with this....