would you give your sort code and bank account number at the door?

grai

yesterday I had 2 very nice guys at my door asking me to donate monthly to the RNIB

it was only 2 quid a month or something so I thought I would

but they left till the very last second - trying to be casual as they asked - for my bank account number and sort code

would it be legit or silly to hand that over to complete strangers? They insisted everyone did it and there was no risk

I refused politely and made sure I wasn't accusing them personally but let them go with no donation

am I misinformed and there would be no risk handing over bank details? I found it really strange

especially because they took all my contact details and left that one question to the very end and were edgy as they asked

Chickabiddybex

I think you did the right thing - it is not worth the risk!
If you'd like to donate simply give the charity a call to go online.
RNIB donations info: http://www.rnib.org.uk/donate/Pages/donate.aspx

Did they show any sort of ID? It might be worth reporting them if they were acting so suspicious!

Further information on this type of thing or if you wish to report it: http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/fraud-az-doortodoorsales-fraud

DaveTheMus

If you did the chosen charity wouldn't see any of your £2 a month for many years due to the high commission the companies that obtain the donations get.....

bris

There is no risk, those details pose no danger on their own.

Zinger549

I had an interview at a door to door fundraising place. I was told all the money you donate goes straight to the charity.

DaveTheMus

Zinger549 wrote: »

I had an interview at a door to door fundraising place. I was told all the money you donate goes straight to the charity.

Who would've paid your wages and how would they have got that money?

paddedjohn

As already said, there is no risk whatsoever with giving those detail out, they are on cheques if you still have a cheque book and people still use them.

arcon5

Zinger549 wrote: »

I had an interview at a door to door fundraising place. I was told all the money you donate goes straight to the charity.

Technically it's probably correct, it's likely the charity themselves are the ones that setup and collect the DD - but the company collecting the subscriptions would bill the charity for the lead which usually creates a nil effect over the first year ish.

arcon5

Op -

They was probably genuine. But that doesn't take away from the points made here. But realistically how did you expect the donation to take place? At £2 per month they wasn't going to send somebody round every month. And it certainly wouldn't be advised to give cash to strangers at the door.

arcon5

paddedjohn wrote: »

As already said, there is no risk whatsoever with giving those detail out, they are on cheques if you still have a cheque book and people still use them.

That's not true. Remember what happened when Jeremy Clarkson gave his bank details out? In a newspaper column wasn't it?

In the wrong hands fraudsters could abuse the DD feature in order to obtain services. It's likely op would be refunded but not sure how the bank would react knowing op hadn't taken reasonable care of these details.
Just because its on her card and cheque book doesn't change this - these things still should be protected from access by third parties.

Takeaway_Addict

arcon5 wrote: »

That's not true. Remember what happened when Jeremy Clarkson gave his bank details out? In a newspaper column wasn't it?

In the wrong hands fraudsters could abuse the DD feature in order to obtain services. It's likely op would be refunded but not sure how the bank would react knowing op hadn't taken reasonable care of these details.
Just because its on her card and cheque book doesn't change this - these things still should be protected from access by third parties.

The Jeremy Clarkson thing was brilliant. I like the guy but he got his just deserts there!