Hi Alison...(posted 8294 days ago)in short the answers are:
1. Yes 2. No (but see below) 3. No, you're not paranoid
Essentially, these companies will go to ANY lengths to try and scr*w some money out of you...and that includes hassling your mother.
Knowing your NI number is useless to them, as the only way they could trace your place of work is through the Inland Revenue, and they won't give out your details to anyone except you.
You really do need to be on your guard I'm afraid, these people will stoop lower than you might imagine to try to force you to pay up. If they do contact you at work, you should write to say that this is unacceptable, and constitutes harrassment. You should request that they contact you, in writing only, at your home address.
Remember to serve a SARN on Eversheds, and it's probably worth serving one on the Yorkshire BS and WM Associates as well.
Lastly, remember to send everything recorded delivery, and remember NEVER to speak to them on the phone. If they do telephone you simply say, politely, that you are unwilling to discuss this on the telephone and that they should contact you in writing.
Reply to every letter, even if it's only to refer them to your previous letters asking for them to document their claim.
HTH !