<p>Here is a conundrum for my smarter and more worldly friends…</p>
<p>College student rents a house, mom’s name is on the lease - not dad’s.
Student is somewhat estranged from Dad who keeps telling her he is sending her checks that do not show up (there is some strong speculation that he is lying about sending the money).</p>
<p>Dad lives two states away and a few days ago two pieces of mail show up at the student’s address in Dad’s name. One is a “welcome to the neighborhood” junk ad from a store. The other piece is a credit card offer from a national bank. Neither parent nor the student have ever been customers of this bank.</p>
<p>IF dad used his daughter’s address as his own - what would be the motivation for this?</p>
<p>Could be innocent, but it could be credit fraud on his part. The only other place that might have given out the address is the college. Is the father’s name listed on anything with the school?</p>
<p>Red flag is up, sounds fishy to me. You may or may not choose to pursue it as it is at least an annoyance to get mail in his name. You may want to tap the brain of your local lawyer who knows him through your divorce- check if there may be trouble for you and D in the future. You may want to decide if getting involved will help or hurt you, etc. Good luck.</p>
<p>Sounds fishy. We have a relative with bad credit histories and suddenly started getting strange phone calls looking for her from people who seemed to think our phone number and house were hers. She has never lived in our house. They kept calling ad we kept telling them no one of that name lived here or had ever lived here (same surname, but not a unusual one at all). Turned out to be a collection agency.</p>