A 55-YEAR-OLD woman was sent 317 letters in the post from Barclaycard asking for repayments on other customers’ accounts.

Sandra Grant, of Britannia Close, Erith, received the letters which were all addressed to her on Friday (April 24).

The mother of two says that her husband Ben did have a credit card with Barclaycard but he died last month and she had notified them at the time.

Mrs Grant said: “It took me all morning to open up every envelope and out of the whole pile only one of them was actually meant for my husband.

“Even this is a mistake because the letter was addressed to me and I have already sent them a copy of his death certificate.

“It is all very distressing, I am trying to grieve for my husband and this is the last thing I need.”

The letters displayed various customer account numbers, names, post codes and the amounts owed.

Mrs Grant said: “If this information had fallen into the wrong hands someone could have had a field day.”

Earlier in the week Littlewoods Personal Finance Ltd had made the same mistake, sending Mrs Grant 10 letters which were addressed to her but detailing the repayments on other customer accounts.

Mrs Grant said: “It’s very strange how the same thing happened twice in one week.

“The only thing I can think is there has been some kind of computer error.”

Littlewoods Personal Finance Ltd is a joint venture with Barclaycard and Littlewoods, which provides credit cards and personal loans.

Mrs Grant says that her husband also had a credit card with the company, but they were again notified of his death.

She added: “I won’t be sending any of the letters back, they will have to come and pick them up themselves.

“If they continue I will go to Watchdog, this sort of thing shouldn’t be happening in the current climate.”

A spokesperson for Barclaycard said: "We would like to apologise unreservedly for the distress caused to Mrs Grant by this unacceptable mistake.

"We are currently investigating how these letters were printed and sent to Mrs Grant’s address and will be contacting her personally to apologise."