On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 04:22:06PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote: > > Then, at Paddington, I went into a Midland Bank, and explained what had > > happened, and they gave me a phone to call First Direct, clear security > > the normal way, and arrange for money to be made available to me over > > the counter at that branch. > > What did you tell them? I'm struggling to imagine they handed over money > just by you giving them your name.
I bank with First Direct normally, which is a telephone bank. So I was able to go through the normal phone banking security for them to identify me. Letters from password, mother's maiden name, memorable date / address etc... Tony -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Bowden | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.tmtm.com/ The Internet, that thing is still around? --------------------------------------------------------------------------
