Ray Von Geezer
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Has anyone in the UK (or elsewhere) seen these? They've been popping up around West Yorkshire recently (I've seen them in Leeds, Wakefield and Huddersfield).
The Mystery of the "legal name fraud" billboards
It looks like footler nonsense, but whoever is renting them seems to have money to spend. None of the posters I've seen have been in what could be called prime spots, but they do appear to be widespread.
Ray Von
The Mystery of the "legal name fraud" billboards
There's a site which seems linked - legalnamefraud.com (not linking).
But no-one seems to know what message these adverts are actually attempting to get across.
A further web search took me to a site called legalnamefraud.com, which outlines a theory that when your birth was registered, a legal entity - your legal name - was created. But the legal entity "Jane Smith" is distinct from the actual physical person Jane Smith, the website says.
When your parents registered your birth on the certificate, it insists, they unknowingly gave the Crown Corporation ownership of your name. "Simply thus, all legal names are owned by the Crown, and therefore using a legal name without their written permission is fraud."
It looks like footler nonsense, but whoever is renting them seems to have money to spend. None of the posters I've seen have been in what could be called prime spots, but they do appear to be widespread.
Ray Von
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