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Sara261
Tuning in
2 years ago

DV and account takeover

To whom it may concern
 
My ex husband is the account holder on my property in which he is on bail since the 23rd October 2023 and has now changed the password so I cannot take control of the account. 
There is a non molestation order in place in which my ex husband is not allowed on the road of the property due to domestic abuse. He has already changed the email address and password so I cannot pass through security.
 
Please can you confirm that he has cancelled the contract which he is stating or I can take over the account and negotiate the price and/or have a new contract? I have tried to call several times but have not had much success due to not knowing the password on the account. Via WhatsApp I had managed to get a technician out and place myself on the account but as I am not the main account holder there is nothing I can do and he has since changed this. 
 
It seems bizarre and illogical that as a domestic abuse victim, the abuser can still control services like virgin media despite a police investigation taking place and him not being allowed on the property due to safeguarding. He has already taken control of the Netflix account (purchase via virgin package) in order to stop the children from accessing the service. He had failed to pay the previous bill and I was then asked to pay it (even though as pointed out I am not the account holder) (he now.paid the account)
Ideally I would like to negotiate a new contract in my name as I've been with virgin since they were ntl! My Ex husband removed my name on the account too. 
I have emailed and called virgin with no luck. When calling virgin despite me explaining this I cannot pass through security and then they asked to speak to the account holder!!!
 
  • Hi there Sara261 

    Thank you so much for your post and welcome to the community forums, it's great to have you here. 

    I am so sorry that you have faced this issue with the account and thank you again for bringing this to us, we will do all we can to help in this difficult situation. 

    I'm going to pop you a private message across so we can take a closer look. I will pop you a PM across now, please keep an eye out for the envelope at the top of your screen alerting you to a new message.
     

      • Kath_P's avatar
        Kath_P
        Forum Team

        Hi Sara261, 

        Thanks for coming back to us on this one. I can see that Ash replied to your post on the 11th January and also sent you a private message to help further. If you can reply to that with the information requested, we can then help further. 

        Many thanks,