‘Have you been a Victim of Cheque Fraud?’

Wild_Pics

Have you had a cheque go missing in the post, your chequebook stolen or your chequebook counterfeited? Then a TV Company would like to hear from you.
Television Company Wild Pictures make a documentary series for ITV 1 called ‘Fraud Squad’. As part of the new series we are making a film on cheque fraud and we are very keen to speak to members of the public or businesses who have been affected by cheque fraud within the last 3 years.
Wild Pictures would like to assess the impact cheque fraud has on the British public and aim to raise public awareness about this crime.
Wild Pictures would like to hear your story. Any email would be treated in the strictest of confidence. Please contact producers Will West at will@wildpictures.co.uk or Matt Haan at matt@wildpictures.co.uk
Please mark the email subject as ‘Cheque Fraud Impact’.

Permission to post given by MSE

bryanb

Who uses cheques these days?

djl

bryanb wrote: »

Who uses cheques these days?

Thats a good point

Macca83_2

Far too many... Usually the same ones that refuse to give up their passbooks.

djl

Macca83 wrote: »

Far too many... Usually the same ones that refuse to give up their passbooks.

Gone are the days of waiting while some plebe pays by cheque at the Petrol Station or Fish and Chip shop:j:jthank god:j:j

Former_MSE_Andrea

Hi everyone

Just to let you know we've agreed to Will posting this.

Andrea

Slowhand

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

Hi everyone

Just to let you know we've agreed to Will posting this.

Andrea

Why are Wild Pictures not listed under the Companies that are permitted to post thread in site feedback?

pimento

I use a cheque to pay my window cleaner. He cleans the windows and puts an SAE through the door. I post him a cheque.

George_Michael

Why are Wild Pictures not listed under the Companies that are permitted to post thread in site feedback?

Maybe the mods don't update the list every time a new company rep is given permission to post, but only do it once a week or so.

Does it really matter if they are not yet on the list seeing as MSE Andrea has clearly stated that the OP does have permission to post on behalf of their company?

nomoneytoday

pimento wrote: »

I use a cheque to pay my window cleaner. He cleans the windows and puts an SAE through the door. I post him a cheque.

Why not give you his sort code and account number?

You can then pay online and he saves a walk to the bank to pay in a small cheque

pimento

nomoneytoday wrote: »

Why not give you his sort code and account number?

You can then pay online and he saves a walk to the bank to pay in a small cheque

If he offered I might but I never see him. Anyway, I like the optionn of being able to write a cheque. It also means there's no chance of my internet banking paying to the wrong account (if I put the number in wrong) and it going astray and me not being able to get it back.

Next thing they'll be making us have paperless statements. :cool:

It's all for the banks convenience and not for mine.

Oh and I assume my window cleaner pays in all his cheques at once and not just my small one.