Economy Energy
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Being chased for imaginary debt
We left Economy Energy at the beginning of November 2018. At the time the account was signifcantly in credit. Despite having left, they took the 'next' direct debit at the end of November. We got that back from the bank using the direct debit guarantee and a couple of months later Ovo refunded the credit balance. Today I got a call from Allied International (an American debt collecting outfit) (the number on caller display was 0141 457 7074) about the balance. After some confusion where I thought they were calling me about the refund, they claimed that I owed Economy Energy £129 and when I told them that I didn't said that I had to prove that to them as they didn't have access to the original accounts, and that if I didn't they would just keep calling me. . . It looks like they have bought the debts from the liquidator and are seeking to browbeat people into payment. However, as it happens I'm a lawyer and look forward to seeing them in court.