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The mystery of the 'legal name fraud' billboards
Scores of posters have appeared around the UK warning of "legal name fraud". What does this mean and who is paying for the adverts? The message is spelled out in bold capital letters. "LEGAL NAME FRAUD," it says. Then below: "THE TRUTH." And finally: "IT'S ILLEGAL TO USE A LEGAL NAME." The first time I saw the 10ft by 20ft billboard near my flat in Kilburn, north-west London, I stopped and stared, completely baffled. What was a legal name, exactly? Surely to say it was illegal was an obvious contradiction? And who on earth was behind the advert?
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Looks like sovereign citizen logic.
It is exactly that. And people in my neck of the woods try to use that logic when they go to court. They believe that the name on thier birth certificate combined whith the social security number is a "corporate name" but not thier god given name. It is a mess to say the least. They think doing this is a legal strategy to get out of fines, jail time, or any other punishment.
I know that in Scotland you don't have to register your change of name whereas in England you do. This is why you have people walking around with Celtic/Pictish/Norse/Druidic names and calling their baby things like Pitrevvac or having Bhreacain or the like on their driving licenses and passports despite their real names being Ruairidh or Ailidh