Payment demand for account older than 10 years

I am not exactly sure what the heck is going on here as first of all I was not even aware that I owed money on a Woolworths account because the last time I had anything to do with Woolworths was in 2005/2006 when I made sure to pay up (or so I thought I did as I wasn't even receiving statements back then to see what I was still owing) due to my ID being ****** and I was scared of ********** activities.<br> <br> I received a call from a consultant on 12 January stating I owe money on a Woolworths account, I told her I do not have a Woolworths account and never did, but then realised it was the one from back in 2005/2006. Why am I only now, 10/11 years later being contacted with regards to this outstanding debt? What is going on here?<br> <br> As far as I know if debt is older than 3 to 5 years it should be \written off"/prescribed but what is this all about"