signing my life away

[deird_lj]

It occurs to me that, if you decided to become an identity thief, becoming a mobile phone salesman would be a really good start.

Got a new phone (an IPHONE) yesterday, and I had to give them:
- my driver's license
- my credit card
- my Medicare card
- my address
- how long I've lived there
- where I work
- my boss's name and contact number
- how long I've worked there
- my signature (three times)
- my bank account details

O.O

I'm going to wake up next week to discover that my bank account is empty and the guy who sold me my phone has moved to Hawaii, aren't I?



(And to prove, once again, that computers do indeed hate me, my phone decided not to connect to the network for three hours after it should have, and I had to talk to FOUR different customer help line guys before they could figure out what was wrong.)

Comments

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

I've often seen references in Britain to "produce some form of ID such as a driver's licence", but I've never had any trouble with using utility bills and the like.

How large is a "large amount of money"? I think £250 is the daily withdrawal limit here but all you need for that is your debit card, no other ID. In fact, I don't think I've ever been asked to produce a photo ID as such - obviously I've been asked for my passport when going abroad, and I've worked for companies which issued photo-IDs to their employees, but they're specific-purpose IDs which just happen to have photos on them.

[deird1]

Large amount of money: over $1000, which is my rent money. *does conversion* So that's £576.7 - which seems to be fairly large...