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Mothers Maiden Name
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Now I'm making some assumptions here so someone feel free to tell me I'm wrong but I just got wondering about something.
When you call a bank or such, one of the security questions they often ask is what is your mothers maiden name. Now my first assumption is that they ask this because they also assume your mother will be married and using her husbands surname, so it would less likely a person trying to fraudulantly access your account would know what her maiden name is. However, (here is the second assumption) it seems that there is an increasing amount of single mothers/mothers out of wedlock so will this security question eventually become redundant?
When you call a bank or such, one of the security questions they often ask is what is your mothers maiden name. Now my first assumption is that they ask this because they also assume your mother will be married and using her husbands surname, so it would less likely a person trying to fraudulantly access your account would know what her maiden name is. However, (here is the second assumption) it seems that there is an increasing amount of single mothers/mothers out of wedlock so will this security question eventually become redundant?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Weird that, I was thinking just the same thing the other day! Both of my children have my surname, I wasn't married to their father and just felt the idea of my children having a different surname to me was weird. So their answer to the question would be their own surname. Never occurred to me that you could use a made-up one, I'm too honest and would be scared that they would know somehow!
It hadn't occurred to me when I asked this but I actually knew it didn't strictly have to be your mothers maiden name. I should really think things through more before posting. :o)
Pipin, I understand (as above) that it doesn't matter if it isn't actually your mothers maiden name (or their surname) they use. The answer just has to match the answer that was given when the questions were set up. The answer could be Frogzilla if that's what they wanted it to be.
Pipin, I understand (as above) that it doesn't matter if it isn't actually your mothers maiden name (or their surname) they use. The answer just has to match the answer that was given when the questions were set up. The answer could be Frogzilla if that's what they wanted it to be.