Re: FN-FORUM: Bank Details

date posted 24th July 2006 14:14

On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 01:05:33PM -0000, Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
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> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> >Bank details (sort code, account number etc..) are not something I'd
> >place on a web site however. I recall some high profile cases (I believe
> >Ricky Gervais was a victim) where banks had handed over cash to fraudsters.
>
> Close but not quite:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/02/ricky_id_theft_scam/

Yes, you are protected by the careful security validation that the bank will
ask of a phone caller before they allow your bank account to be emptied. They
will ask the caller to provide facts that almost anyone except you is unlikely
to know:

* your address
* your mother's maiden name
* your bank account # -- whoops, keep that under your hat

Banks' definition of security is pushing the liability to someone else.

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