Welcome Finance Storage Disks Missing

Traceyg

Saw this in my local paper, thought it may be of interest to anyone with Welcome Loans


http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/9438853.Fraud_fears_as_loan_firm_loses_discs/

jc808

So whats the angle? Compo or hoping theyve 'lost' your loan?

Zorz_2

jc808 wrote: »

Compo or hoping theyve 'lost' your loan?

How about a potential identity theft nightmare for 1.4M people (plus their employees) for starters?

jc808

Zorz wrote: »

How about a potential identity theft nightmare for 1.4M people (plus their employees) for starters?

Apply for another !!!!!! Payday loan, then when you get the ££ claim your identity was hijacked because of those tapes - job done!!

meer53

So, they managed to lose the disks but write to all the customers concerned ?

Tremour-88

meer53 wrote: »

So, they managed to lose the disks but write to all the customers concerned ?

Usually basic details such as Name, address, Loan ref # is kept on a seperate database, more important details such as CC/Debit card info, employers details etc. is usually on a seperate, secured database.

dougyd

jc808 wrote: »

So whats the angle? Compo or hoping theyve 'lost' your loan?

Does there have to be an angle? Why can't someone share news?

meer53 wrote: »

So, they managed to lose the disks but write to all the customers concerned ?

It states in the article that they were backups

meer53

Thats not my post. Be careful when you quote other peoples posts.

I can't see the point in the post either really though, people who are affected have been notified.

Traceyg

jc808 wrote: »

So whats the angle? Compo or hoping theyve 'lost' your loan?

Don't be so judgemental :mad: are you always this quick to assume everyone doesn't want to pay what they owe? Actually I thought it may be of intrest to someone on the forum. And for your information the only loan me and my partner have is our mortgage, I have never in my life had a loan from anyone and had never heard of any of these loan companies until I met my dp (12 years ago) who's parents constantly have loans from shoppacheck, greenwoods etc and constantly top them up, until then I always thought you went to the bank to get a loan.

Traceyg

meer53 wrote: »

Thats not my post. Be careful when you quote other peoples posts.

I can't see the point in the post either really though, people who are affected have been notified.

I know people post on here a lot about Welcome Finance (especially a lot of negative things) and thought it may be of info

hallowitch

I received a letter from shopacheck this morning regarding this

What i want to know is why they still hold data on me as it 10 yrs since i dealt with shopacheck