"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
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Freedom Passes are Oyster Cards.
Freedom Passes are orange and brown, ordinary Oyster cards are blue and
bright turquoise. These colours are easily accidentally confused - not.

I read a similar story a few years ago in this very newsgroup. I didn't
believe the OP ?Michelle? then and I certainly don't believe the OP here
now.

Pull the other one, it's gt bells on!

This is it, google found it:

"On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:40:20 +0000, Michelle wrote:

I don't know if anyone can help, but any further advice will be much
appreciated. I recieved the letter from london underground saying
legal proceedings may be initiated against me. I'm supposed to send
the letter back within 10 days with my full details and if I want to
write any comments I can, but it will be used as evidence. I don't
know what to do or what to say. I'm still scared as to what is going
to happen. I keep thinking I'm going to prison because I was using a
freedom pass as opposed to not having a ticket. Is this likely? If
I'm fined, how much is likely in a case like mine? Would it make a
difference if I write how sorry I am and how frightened I've been? Or
should I write nothing? What happens if I don't send the letter back?
Also someone here said if I get a criminal record for this it'll last
for 5 years, is this true I thought it was for life? I honestly don't
know what to do anymore. I feel so stupid for being in a rush that day
and not thinking things through. I think someone suggested I seek help
from a solicitor, how do I go about this? Sorry I have no idea how
this works."

Remarkably similar - both spell 'recieved' the same anyway... :-)

Paul