Unlettered
A reader received the following letter from her mortgage company: Dear Mrs Standen, Despite previous reminders your account is still overdrawn.
There is a debit balance of £0.05 due to us.
The amount stated above is due on demand and we now request you to pay this amount to us within 7 days. Please quote your account number when mak- ing payment.
Should no response be received to this letter all facilities will be withdrawn and further action taken to recover this debt.
Yours sincerely,
Control Section, Arrears Department, Western Trust, The Moneycentre, Plymouth
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