Just what you don't need!

andyrules

Daughter has had bag stolen. If that's not bad enough some of the numbers she's been ringing to cancel cards etc are 0870. :mad:

I'll bear that in mind next time I'm deciding which bank account/card to take up.

Butlers1982

saynoto 0870

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dmg24

Yep, say no to 0870, alternatively most give a geographic number to call from if abroad. Just take off the first 0044 and add a 0!

andyrules

Cheers, I do use say no whenever I can, but some just didn't have an alternative that worked!

Just think it's a mean bit of greed on behalf of the giants involved! She had to borrow phones as it was.

I've not done that before, dmg, I'll remember that one.

btw, should we be concerned about missing driving licence, in view of all info on it?

gunsandbanjos

Were her house keys in the bag? Because her driving license has her address on it!

andyrules

Good point - thankfully, and amazingly, the keys were recovered in the otherwise empty bag that was found abandoned!

I was wondering about name, address, d.o.b. etc being useful for fraud? wage slip went too, that has NI number on.

gunsandbanjos

I would advise the DVLA that the licence has been stolen as it will probably be sold. Not sure how to stop someone commiting fraud with your details

andyrules

Yup rang them 1st thing - they said there was no danger of fraud as it is a photo card (?) but I'm not convinced.

it's only a prov - but VERY much used for ID!!

Oh and they want £22 for a new card - heavy admin fee imo!

KILL_BILL

if the card is stolen then i would call and reverse the charges

they cant not refuse to accept the call as it involves a theft

KILL_BILL

KILL_BILL wrote: »

if the card is stolen then i would call and reverse the charges

they cant not refuse to accept the call as it involves a theft

kick up a stink about the admin fee as thats a load of crap

supermezzo

Surely if she has a crime ref no from the Police they don't charge for a new card etc?
They certainly didn't when i had mine stolen a few years ago