Electronic ID/VA - Convenience for fraudsters?

olly300

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

Interesting, I'd assumed the ex-directory reason was the reason for the problem I always get.
It won't be a suspect post code - this area is known for not being 'short of a bob or two'!

Doesn't mean you don't suffer from a fraudster in the area, thieving delivery men or even someone with a similar name to yourself.

I have mates' who live in a wealthy area and they are only guaranteed to get parcels if they are delivered by RM.

There as my relations a couple of miles from them who live in a less wealthy area get everything regardless of the delivery company.

pinkdalek

Mishomeister wrote: »

Many banks(and othe companies) now days use a method of electronic identification meaning that if you are registered on a voters roll, have a landline in your name you can often apply for an account in branch/telephone/online you could be Identified, have address verified electronically, without having to show any documents at all, meaning anyone knowing your address(there would be loads of people like that, starting with your neighbours and ending with someone, you've bought a pencil from ebay and then that person has looked for you date of birth on a Facebook for example could open an account on you behalf and start to do various things in you name, before you have found out of it such as getting an overdraft on account openning and withdrawin the fund on the counter with a signature as proof of identity, which will of course match as it was him, who has provided them with it. They could also use the acount for money laundering. To make sure you do not find out about this account, they will chose a different correspondese address at account openning to make sure they get all the correspondence, motivating it that they have temporarily moved homes because of leighty Work trip etc for example.

I believe that this Electronic ID/VA system should not be there at all as it allows all the above things to happen. Also a very likely scenario is that someone who has his residence permit in the UK expired but is on a Voters roll can get an account, stating online, on thephone that he is British.

What is your oppinion on this guys and girls?

Do you work for the Daily Mail? Or if not please stop reading it. This thread just sounds like something that you would read from it.

pinkdalek

JuicyJesus wrote: »

The solution, then, is to not put all your personal information on Facebook.

Anyone who puts things like full dates of birth or other identity theft-tastic pieces of information on Facebook deserves what they get.

Never a better word spoken.
You would not leave your front door wide open when you left it for work in the morning would you?
You would not leave your car unlocked with the keys in the ignition whilst you popped out to the shop.

So the moral is simply take care of your property, your possessions and your personal information.