in 658877 20070812 232609 "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article ,
Cicero wrote:
================================== 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.

Cic.

Cheques have always had that info on them .

=================================== I'm well aware of that fact,

Err, you obviously weren't before it was pointed out. I've had a current
account for over 40 years and personalised cheques with those details
printed on them for about 30 of those years.

How could a cheque work without account details?