Christmas In The Good Old Days
ChatterBank0 min ago
I want to donate online to a Charity.
I don't want to get involved with the banks fraud dept,as I did last month when I paid £1,500 in back rent,and had to go through a long proceedure with the bank's Fraud Section(It was good though that they were looking after my account)
I am hoping that as it is a one off payment to a Charity,it will just go through.If there is a problem, I can give the head of the charity a cheque(what's that!LOL)
I have tried to ask someone(a human being)at NatWest if there will be a problem,but after pressing 9 different options,I still get automated responses.It's very frustrating.
Any advice/suggestions,very welcome
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.it may be the size of the sum that brought in the Spanish inquisition; I don't usually have problems with small sums. Sometimes they want to check when the money's going to a new recipient, but it's usually just a matter of them sending a code, not of a full-scale interview.
They may well be looking out for money laundering as well as fraud.
Re Nat West
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OK, I'm sure everyone is doing the right thing, but please just be very cautious about bank phone numbers on the web.
Natwest's website has to be super secure, probably a lot more secure than Answerbank's website.
So it would be easier for a hacker to hack Answerbank's website and change the phone number, than to change Natwest's website and change the phone number.
Unlikely but possible, especially in older threads. Please be cautious ... you always have to be on your guard.
> Ellipsis, that number is advertised by Nat West if you google, for all to see,and you do have to go through a very safe procedure.
You don't get it. If that number is changed on Answerbank later this evening, by a hacker, then it won't be the same number any more. And now you've told everyone that it is, and people may trust that. The point is that you can't trust bank details on a low-security website.