False Signature

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I know people who sign personal things with one signature and at work with a different one, mostly because signing all day long in work gets tedious so they opt for an easier one for work. I'm sure there are lots of people like this probably with even more different signatures of the same name.

I have often wondered for example when taking out a contract you sign the paperwork with a scribble/false signature (not micky mouse), at some point in the future you are not happy and want out of the contract. Is it as easy to just say sorry not my signature.

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JPJPJP said:

Yes, that is called fraud

We know this. But what can be done about it.

Do we have to have a legal version of our signature? could you sign it micky mouse as long as you honour the contract.

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donkmeister said:

I would think that complying with the terms of the contract would imply acceptance. Eg you take out a cable TV subscription, they install the box, you start watching and paying for it, 6 months later you'd be hard pressed to claim you didn't agree to the contract.
Contract effectivity is often not secured by a signature alone, if buyer makes a payment and the seller starts *whatever* that is usually enough.

Yes often the action taken after shows the contract is in place or even they have you recorded on a phone call setting it up. Some contracts would have none of this if not for a service/goods.

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Flumpo said:

I am not sure if this guy has since ‘disappeared’ but might be of interest to you:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinanc...

I like that, not sure how its fraud the credit firm had the oppertunity to read before they signed the contract.

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hutchst said:

It would take a particular kind of scumbag, in my humble opinion, to sign a contract and then turn round and swear under oath that you didn't. I suppose that's modern Britain for you.

Modern Britain? are there no cases from past decades of people doing this, if they signed it with a different signature to comitt fraud then I don't think they will be bothered. Also swearing on the bible is pointless if not religious.

I would think people lying under oath happens every week in courts around the world and has happened for many many years, not that is right.