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This is actually quite common with the Halifax bank of Amazingly Useless. Its been happening to a mate of mine for about 2 years, although, only with about 100 peoples statements. He has contacted them numerous times about it and they simple keep assuring him that the only way a bank statement can be sent to his house is if that person changes their address. I personally closed all my accounts with them due to amazingly inability to run a bank.
el_dude wrote:
Its been happening to a mate of mine for about 2 years, although, only with about 100 peoples statements. He has contacted them numerous times about it and they simple keep assuring him that the only way a bank statement can be sent to his house is if that person changes their address.
He should send them to the banking ombudsman. I'm sure they'll get the bank sorted out pretty quickly.
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An Aberdeen woman who asked for her bank statement was sent those of 75,000 other customers[^] I have been trying for over a month to get a bank statement resent after one was lost in the post, and have received nothing. Now I know where they have gone! Surely someone at the bank thought it a little odd that they would be sending out several large packages of statements to a residential address in Scotland? Assuming that each statement was only one sheet of paper (which is unlikely) then that is 15 reams of paper. Given that my average statement is 4 sheets of paper, that would make 60 reams of paper (12 boxes worth) -- that's a 4 metre stack of paper! :omg: If you don't think this incident is that serious, consider that she could use any any every one of those statements to obtain all sorts of credit and open additional bank accounts to launder crime money. (Banks are supposed to ask for more detail, but they rarely do.) She may as well have been sent a list of 75,000 credit card numbers and registered addresses. I wonder whether amonst all those she actually got her missing statement? :rolleyes:
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkMight be a good idea to disable paper statements and turn on e-statements.
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An Aberdeen woman who asked for her bank statement was sent those of 75,000 other customers[^] I have been trying for over a month to get a bank statement resent after one was lost in the post, and have received nothing. Now I know where they have gone! Surely someone at the bank thought it a little odd that they would be sending out several large packages of statements to a residential address in Scotland? Assuming that each statement was only one sheet of paper (which is unlikely) then that is 15 reams of paper. Given that my average statement is 4 sheets of paper, that would make 60 reams of paper (12 boxes worth) -- that's a 4 metre stack of paper! :omg: If you don't think this incident is that serious, consider that she could use any any every one of those statements to obtain all sorts of credit and open additional bank accounts to launder crime money. (Banks are supposed to ask for more detail, but they rarely do.) She may as well have been sent a list of 75,000 credit card numbers and registered addresses. I wonder whether amonst all those she actually got her missing statement? :rolleyes:
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An Aberdeen woman who asked for her bank statement was sent those of 75,000 other customers[^] I have been trying for over a month to get a bank statement resent after one was lost in the post, and have received nothing. Now I know where they have gone! Surely someone at the bank thought it a little odd that they would be sending out several large packages of statements to a residential address in Scotland? Assuming that each statement was only one sheet of paper (which is unlikely) then that is 15 reams of paper. Given that my average statement is 4 sheets of paper, that would make 60 reams of paper (12 boxes worth) -- that's a 4 metre stack of paper! :omg: If you don't think this incident is that serious, consider that she could use any any every one of those statements to obtain all sorts of credit and open additional bank accounts to launder crime money. (Banks are supposed to ask for more detail, but they rarely do.) She may as well have been sent a list of 75,000 credit card numbers and registered addresses. I wonder whether amonst all those she actually got her missing statement? :rolleyes:
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkSomething like that happened when I worked at Citibank. This guy and his son (same first, middle and last name) both applied for the same type of Citibank credit card. This caused some weird glitch and sent about 50,000 rejection letters to each of them.
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Something like that happened when I worked at Citibank. This guy and his son (same first, middle and last name) both applied for the same type of Citibank credit card. This caused some weird glitch and sent about 50,000 rejection letters to each of them.
_________________________________________________________________ Dick Cheney looks like a high school calculus teacher with persistent heartburn.
So did they get accepted? :rolleyes:
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So did they get accepted? :rolleyes:
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkOriginally they were not because of the glitch. If I remember correctly they later did. It's actually in a book of weird tech stories and such. I'll have to look it up.
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Something like that happened when I worked at Citibank. This guy and his son (same first, middle and last name) both applied for the same type of Citibank credit card. This caused some weird glitch and sent about 50,000 rejection letters to each of them.
_________________________________________________________________ Dick Cheney looks like a high school calculus teacher with persistent heartburn.
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I've experienced something similar to that, where my unique account was identified only by my last name and the first (region part) of my postcode. That was fine for many years, until my mother who doesn't live with me but lives in the same regional postcode also opened an account. I got fed up with them calling me Mrs. Wulff very quickly. :sigh:
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
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Might be a good idea to disable paper statements and turn on e-statements.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)And then they'll send you a reminder with all the other people's card numbers and passwords :-D:laugh:
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Might be a good idea to disable paper statements and turn on e-statements.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)Not usually an option with banks in the UK, Nish
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Not usually an option with banks in the UK, Nish
Stuart Dootson wrote:
Not usually an option with banks in the UK, Nish
Interesting - I wonder why. Even Indian banks (with foreign roots) have had this feature for a while now.
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Stuart Dootson wrote:
Not usually an option with banks in the UK, Nish
Interesting - I wonder why. Even Indian banks (with foreign roots) have had this feature for a while now.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)Inertia , I suspect - banks in the UK tend to feel the weight of centuries of existence. I do get most bills (gas, electricity etc) in e-mail form, though.