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Reasons Why You Should Never Give Your Account Number To Anybody by Bay1o(m): 6:04pm On May 15, 2020
Most of us have heard or are victims about cases of people being affected to virtual security risks or being scammed because their vital information fell into the jaws of scammers or cybercriminals.

Unfortunately, the amount of such incidents will never be decreasing any time, and it becomes more and more crucial to safe keep one's data security.

In these days, users have started paying more attention and caring more about data security begin to think what information is sensitive and what they can or cannot show or tell to other people.

One of the key feature of personal data that appears to be always in question is the user's bank account number. In this article, I will not only give the answer the question whether it is ok to share your bank account number with anyone, but also tell you what major parts about your banking account you should never reveal to others and what you could do to protect it from the hanfs of scammers.


What can a scammer do with someone's bank account number alone?

To answer the question right away it is unlikely that anyone could do anything with the money in someone's bank account if they know just the number.

In many cases, such details will only allow the person who has the account's number to transfer money to it.

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Re: Reasons Why You Should Never Give Your Account Number To Anybody by bmdmixer: 10:04pm On May 15, 2020
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