..the Bank of Queensland gave Messiah, the customer's cat, a credit limit of £1,660. Cat's owner, Katherine Campbell, which lives in Melbourne, applied for the card in her cat's name to test bank security. She told that the bank requested identification from Messiah but later sent a credit card without receiving any proof of ID, and the envelope containing her cat's credit card, the letter inside and the credit card itself were all addressed to Messiah Campbell. "I just couldn't believe it," she said. "People need to be aware of this and banks need to have better security." The bank has apologised for the error but stated that people who apply for credit cards must sign to confirm the information provided is true. Isn't that funny. ) |
Just goes to show how easy identify fraud is, and therefore how important it is to shred those pre-approved applications forms.