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  • Yorkshireman99
    Yorkshireman99 Posts: 5,470 Forumite
    Margot123 wrote: »
    No, apparently a manager, according to the email.
    Go for the jugular!:p
  • newjersey
    newjersey Posts: 33 Forumite
    SevenOfNine wrote: »
    Barclays gave us copies of statements for 3 bank accounts & a list of all D/Ds & S/Os. Santander did the same. Tesco gave us full mortgage details. All 3 did so on sight of just the death certs. In person though, not email.


    This is outrageous ! Can't anyone get a copy of a death certificate ? So anyone from a professional criminal to a nosey neighbour could very easily walk into a bank and get every intimate detail of your financial situation, what that could lead to is unthinkable.
    I thought our situation was a bit lacks-a-daisy, my boyfriend's father died recently and they found a letter from a credit card provider saying they were changing T&C's etc and he had funds on his card. They didn't even know he had this card, so his sister phoned them explaining his death, fully expecting a whole palarva of sending solicitor letters, probate forms etc but no they just asked for a bank account (any account) that they could pay it into, she gave hers and the money was in within 2 days. That was it no ID, verification, death certificate, nothing !
  • Manxman_in_exile
    Manxman_in_exile Posts: 8,380 Forumite
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    Margot123 wrote: »
    No, apparently a manager, according to the email.


    I'm amazed.


    Is it possible the beneficiary may have "misrepresented" the situation to the bank???
  • Yorkshireman99
    Yorkshireman99 Posts: 5,470 Forumite
    Manxman_in_exile wrote: »
    I'm amazed.


    Is it possible the beneficiary may have "misrepresented" the situation to the bank???
    The word you are looking for is "lied"! Not unusual I suspect.
  • Manxman_in_exile
    Manxman_in_exile Posts: 8,380 Forumite
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    I never like to use the "L" word where wills are involved!
  • Margot123
    Margot123 Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    The Bank has a certified copy of the Grant so has no excuse at all. I am livid that they have given away information to whoever came along and asked.
    For all they knew, it could have been a nosy neighbour, or even someone intent on committing fraud. Thankfully it was a beneficiary.
  • Shelldean
    Shelldean Posts: 2,436 Forumite
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    Was it Barclays by any chance? They divulged information to me when my husband was the only executor
  • Margot123
    Margot123 Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    Shelldean wrote: »
    Was it Barclays by any chance? They divulged information to me when my husband was the only executor

    No, ironically, it was the 'ethical' bank.
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