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Strange Payment Order in the post

Hi, just got a weird letter put in my letter box. Abholungsaufforderung, Zahlungsbefehl. Translates to Payment Order Collection I believe.

It's from the Stadtamman und Betreibungsamt, very strange as it came hand delivered and just my name written on the front in pen. Any chance this could be a hoax, I'm normally good at paying my bills etc

Hmmmmm.

Office opens tomorrow, will give them a tinkle.........
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Re: Strange Payment Order in the post

Hi country mouse! Thats weird indeed, I wouldn't like getting a letter from the Betreibungsamt. :S Could it be a mistake?!

Here it says (in German) that in can be handgiven by an employee of the Betreibungsamt or per mail.
http://www.betreibungsinspektorat-zh.ch/deu/bet_zah.php

I dont think this is a hoax, but if you're good at paying your bills and all there is nothing to worry about I think. It can be an error from the creditor - this happened here to someone in Aargau (if you can understand German!)

http://www.betreibungsamt-ag.ch/v2/i...catid=2&id=650

Let us know how it goes and dont worry too much! The Betreibungsamt will give you a better answer than me tomorrow!

Kind regards

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Hi, just got a weird letter put in my letter box. Abholungsaufforderung, Zahlungsbefehl. Translates to Payment Order Collection I believe.

It's from the Stadtamman und Betreibungsamt, very strange as it came hand delivered and just my name written on the front in pen. Any chance this could be a hoax, I'm normally good at paying my bills etc

Hmmmmm.

Office opens tomorrow, will give them a tinkle.........
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Sounds like they're a bailiff of sorts. What's weird is that I would have expected a name of creditor or an invoice attached......nothing!
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That's for my friendship fees. Pay up biaaatch!!
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poker debts catching up? check with hoslo...
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Hi, just got a weird letter put in my letter box. Abholungsaufforderung, Zahlungsbefehl. Translates to Payment Order Collection I believe.

It's from the Stadtamman und Betreibungsamt, very strange as it came hand delivered and just my name written on the front in pen. Any chance this could be a hoax, I'm normally good at paying my bills etc

Hmmmmm.

Office opens tomorrow, will give them a tinkle.........
Sounds like a hoax, genuine ones are sent registered letter.

Tom
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I was a little worried, I thought the Child Support Agency had finally caught up with me :-)
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