Yes post can't be intercepted and I haven't had mine intercepted at home several times in the last year. Oh hang on I have.
Many clients I'll now get their details face to face when they come in to sign documents. Otherwise generally be e-mail but with a follow up call which includes explaining to elderly clients that I do indeed know my own account details and am not asking them to confirm the details to me.
Post and Fax hard to intercept, but easy to impersonate. Fraudsters just send a letter or fax with the company letter head forged.
Standard email can be impersonated and intercepted with a virus or by a hacker.
Secure Email good but needs to be actually secure with system verified by a security bod every 12 months, from a firm you can sue if they get it wrong.
Post is easy to intercept in many cases. Block I used to live in had external mail boxes and someone was definitely fishing my post as they got the name on my Thames Water account changed and opened several bank accounts clearly hoping to fish the bank cards out of the mailbox while I was at work.
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We always insist on our MLRO calling the other side to confirm details. Here he is in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXzUde5DMUo
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Old fashioned ways work best - send bank details to the other side by post or fax, can't be intercepted that way.
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Wot Claphamlad said, standard template by snailmail with warnings not to accept instructions/changes via email
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Don't send any money to "I O Hughes"
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Yes post can't be intercepted and I haven't had mine intercepted at home several times in the last year. Oh hang on I have.
Many clients I'll now get their details face to face when they come in to sign documents. Otherwise generally be e-mail but with a follow up call which includes explaining to elderly clients that I do indeed know my own account details and am not asking them to confirm the details to me.
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Loads of fraudsters out there right now.
Post and Fax hard to intercept, but easy to impersonate. Fraudsters just send a letter or fax with the company letter head forged.
Standard email can be impersonated and intercepted with a virus or by a hacker.
Secure Email good but needs to be actually secure with system verified by a security bod every 12 months, from a firm you can sue if they get it wrong.
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face to face in a windowless room after it's been swept for bugs
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Post is easy to intercept in many cases. Block I used to live in had external mail boxes and someone was definitely fishing my post as they got the name on my Thames Water account changed and opened several bank accounts clearly hoping to fish the bank cards out of the mailbox while I was at work.
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