This was a very good idea. Using the experian free trial I’ve seen that someone has set up an direct debit on my account.
Vodafone have cancelled the account and I’ve cancelled the card related to the account used to set up the DD.
Sensible. If you’ve got the free Experian membership, it’s worth chatting to them about their anti-fraud monitoring service. You might need a fraud marker put on your credit file for a few months in case they try again.
Still haven’t quite fathomed whether they tried to get the phone sent elsewhere, or just didn’t realise it would go to the cardholder address.