Old Cheque Books

Emily_Joy

emmajones1976 said:

People seem to have short memories when it comes to cheques. For decades people used to dish them out to all and sundry, account details along the bottom, but the mere though of putting DEFUNCT cheques in the bin seems to horrify people.

I believe in the days you are talking about, there was no such thing called Internet, so it was much, much harder to get information sufficient for the Identity Theft.

emmajones1976

Emily_Joy said:

emmajones1976 said:

People seem to have short memories when it comes to cheques. For decades people used to dish them out to all and sundry, account details along the bottom, but the mere though of putting DEFUNCT cheques in the bin seems to horrify people.

I believe in the days you are talking about, there was no such thing called Internet, so it was much, much harder to get information sufficient for the Identity Theft.

Right ok, so what can someone do with a sort code and account number of a CLOSED bank account? Asking for a friend 

Daliah

emmajones1976 said:

Emily_Joy said:

emmajones1976 said:

People seem to have short memories when it comes to cheques. For decades people used to dish them out to all and sundry, account details along the bottom, but the mere though of putting DEFUNCT cheques in the bin seems to horrify people.

I believe in the days you are talking about, there was no such thing called Internet, so it was much, much harder to get information sufficient for the Identity Theft.

Right ok, so what can someone do with a sort code and account number of a CLOSED bank account? Asking for a friend 

It's already been discussed in this thread: cheques made out against the old account will be honoured from the new account if the old account has been CASS switched.