Do I need ID to cash out postal orders?

VeryMan

Hello!
I was sent in post some postal orders and the first name on them is not exactly the first name on my passport
Can I still cash them out?
What do I have to do?
thanks!

Browntoa

To assist

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Do+I+need+ID+to+cash+out+postal+orders

pfpf

that's all well and good, but I for one have a google search policy.
never click on the 1st 6 links of search results, start with the 7th and the 7th in this instance gives you...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5519898

now I am really stuck, confused and frightened.

GingerBob_3

Browntoa wrote: »

To assist

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Do+I+need+ID+to+cash+out+postal+orders

That link was useless.


Amongst other things it points right back to the OP's post and to a load of foreign sites!


I don't know the answer, but it wouldn't surprise me that you do need identification. These days, where 50% of the population are money launders, we can't be taking any chances. State-sponsored paranoia.

mgdavid

VeryMan wrote: »

Hello!
I was sent in post some postal orders and the first name on them is not exactly the first name on my passport
Can I still cash them out?
What do I have to do?
thanks!

if they are crossed postal orders you cannot cash them at all, they have to be paid into an account like you would a cheque.
even if they're not crossed, paying them in might be the best option.

VeryMan

I dont know what you mean corssed, they dont look somehow crossed

How do I pay them into an account? Do I need ID or I just give my account details? Do I do this in a bank or in post office?

Browntoa

the very first link on the google search was the Post Offices own FAQ's


http://www.postoffice.co.uk/postal-orders-faqs


the first FAQ says

If you need a hand, just pop in to one of our branches.

only a Post Office Branch can answer the question

the only other thread on here is five years old and out of date

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3069890

using the Post office web sites own FAQ's WAS the answer and WAS the top of a google search

GingerBob_3

Browntoa wrote: »

the very first link on the google search was the Post Offices own FAQ's


http://www.postoffice.co.uk/postal-orders-faqs


the first FAQ says

If you need a hand, just pop in to one of our branches.

only a Post Office Branch can answer the question

the only other thread on here is five years old and out of date

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3069890

using the Post office web sites own FAQ's WAS the answer and WAS the top of a google search

You're right. As it happens I was running Google while using a foreign-based VPN, hence the proliferation of foreign search results.


The question remains unanswered though, despite the Google search, so I think the OP was asking for an opinion from someone with direct knowledge of the issue.

VeryMan

GingerBob wrote: »

You're right. As it happens I was running Google while using a foreign-based VPN, hence the proliferation of foreign search results.


The question remains unanswered though, despite the Google search, so I think the OP was asking for an opinion from someone with direct knowledge of the issue.

thanks Bob but we shouldn't be bothered with useless people

bigadaj

VeryMan wrote: »

thanks Bob but we shouldn't be bothered with useless people

Yes, that's the whole point!

elsien

VeryMan wrote: »

thanks Bob but we shouldn't be bothered with useless people

And he's off. That didn't take long.