Have you never heard of identity theft?
I was just flicking through some pictures on a friend's Facebook account, and I came across this;
For you Americans, this is a picture of a UK Driving License containing the holder's full name, date of birth, signature, mugshot, license number, among other things... It fucking amazes me what people seem to think is safe to be put on the internet :facepalm: Actually, that's wrong - they obviously don't think about it at all.
For you Americans, this is a picture of a UK Driving License containing the holder's full name, date of birth, signature, mugshot, license number, among other things... It fucking amazes me what people seem to think is safe to be put on the internet :facepalm: Actually, that's wrong - they obviously don't think about it at all.
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Haha that is gold ... I question it's authenticity though..
It is a thing that is pretty easy to socially engineer anyway - ask some one you are aquainted with about something obscure on a driving licence or passport - if they have their driving licence on them, they will get it out and show you. If you argue the point with some one you see on a regular basis, argue the wrong point for they will bring along their passport to prove you wrong.
Set up a stall on a boating quay saying you are collecting names for an around the world yacht trip, looking for a couple of friendly people to help crew. Loads of people who have shitty little sail boats would dream of doing this but cannot afford it and would jump at the chance. Tell them you are just prospecting the interested but to show their interest properly they should give you a lot of details right away so you can apply for visas and shit as soon as you accept them as crew. Then ask for their passport numbers.
You could do the same kind of thing door to door in some areas, saying you are promoting a new lottery, first four weeks is free, its to win a car, but people have to show their driving licences to play as the lottery company does not want some bad publicity by a banned driver or some such winning a car. You could even go around once a week to collect some bullshit numbers off them. Some of them might even start to play.
Then you have lots of identities and some gambling going on. If you can count you could make some money.
Lesson for Totseans - you don't HAVE to give away your information all the time. Nothing's wrong with giving a fake name and address once in a while, providing it's not something obvious such as a bank account or whatever. Use your brain.
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BTW Chippy isn't my real name. I'm careful hahaha
If you get the car delivered they do not even ask to see your licence. I would not let them photocopy my licence - they have no legal right to keep photocopy of it. As it is not a contractual thing that you have to have your driving licence photocopied, it being photocopied breaks most of the rules in schedule two of the data protection act.
I teach this as part of my job, so I know what I am on about!