On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:30:40 +0100, Lurch wrote:

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:19:44 GMT, Cicero mused:

If your cheques are the same as mine then both now have a cheque
bearing your Account number, Sort code and your signature. That's quite
enough to enable identity theft. Keep an eye on your account.

Cheques have always had that info on them .

I'm well aware of that fact, but identity theft is a recent phenomenon
and and the fastest growing crime in Britain. Sending a cheque bearing
those details to a complete stranger on Ebay isn't the safest way to
complete a transaction.

Lots of things we do every day aren't the safest way of completing
transactions.

Determined criminals can make use of the flimsiest bits of information.

Determined criminals won't ask you to post your information to them.

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I seem to get rather a lot of requests to update my banking / building
society details and I doubt if I'm alone in that respect. I even get very
authentic looking requests to update my PayPal details. Criminals are
quite capable of using temporary postal addresses for their nefarious
purposes.

I'm not suggesting that every Ebay seller is a rogue but after one bad
experience I certainly wouldn't use a cheque for payment on Ebay.

Cic.

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