Do you keep your PIN number hidden?
A report by Which? magazine has highlighted the risks which many UK credit card and debit cardholders are taking with the revelation that many actually write down their pin numbers. A large number of people in the UK tend to keep their pin numbers in wallets, handbags or even type them into their mobile phones leaving themselves at significant risk of fraud and theft.
It is believed that around 4 million debit cardholders and 3 million credit card and charge cardholders across the UK are in serious danger of giving out their pin number. Bizarrely it was found that many people actually share their pin numbers with friends and relatives, meaning even more people are potentially writing down what is confidential and highly sensitive data.
Time after time the UK banking industry and the police have warned UK consumers to ensure that private banking data remains just that, private. However, despite the ongoing threats of ID theft, scams on the Internet and everyday fraud attempts the message is not getting through to millions of people in the UK. Identity fraud is here to stay, identity theft is on the increase and identity thieves will think nothing of taking any money you have and disappearing. It could happen to you!
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