If you have recently got married, and applied for a credit card with your married name, not realising that the company that you applied with is one you had an outstanding debts with before you got married, how easy would it be for them to check up on that?
2006-11-01 11:29:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Credit
Sorry should have explained, Ilive in England and we dont have social security numbers. It just asks for name, work, address, phone number etc, and all that has changed since last time
2006-11-01 11:34:11 · update #1
I think your "national insurance number" is the equivelent to the U.S. "social security number". If the card company asked for that, then it is most likely how it will be tracked.
2006-11-01 12:14:19 · answer #1 · answered by perfectcreditclub 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not familiar with England personal tracking records. Is there anything that would be equivalent to the American Social Security Number, one that stays with you for life? If so, they would probably use it to track your credit history.
2006-11-01 13:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find it hard to believe there isn't some way for them to track your credit rating in the UK. If they didn't everytime you got married it would wipe your slate clean and they would constantly give credit cards to people with bad debt.
2006-11-01 11:38:43 · answer #3 · answered by Erin S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your last name doesn't mean all too much, it's driven by your Social Security number, so they'll know it's you.
Educate yourself about credit:
http://www.thetruthaboutmortgage.com
2006-11-01 11:32:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
be prepared for collection calls on the old acct...why open a new acct if you didnt pay the old one?
2006-11-01 11:57:32 · answer #5 · answered by anti-hibbs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋