What I am saying is have you ever been asked to enter the check routing numbers from the bottom of your check to make a payment online? People can buy tings with checks online. They can pay bills with checks on line. Which means they can use someone else's numbers to do that.
They steal from the account the check is written on....not to.
You don't have to believe me. I'm just telling you in recent years it is very easy for people to pay for things just by giving their checking acct/ routing numbers. Which means there are more criminals stealing those numbers.
I am in my mid 50s and I paid bills for years with checks. But I do think twice a out it now. We have big criminals and little criminals to fight. The banks don't really offer much protection for stolen check numbers like they do if it's a debit/credit card.
It's called ACH or e-Check payments. Look it up, you'll find plenty of info on it.
What I am saying is have you ever been asked to enter the check routing numbers from the bottom of your check to make a payment online? People can buy tings with checks online. They can pay bills with checks on line. Which means they can use someone else's numbers to do that.
They steal from the account the check is written on....not to.
You don't have to believe me. I'm just telling you in recent years it is very easy for people to pay for things just by giving their checking acct/ routing numbers. Which means there are more criminals stealing those numbers.
I am in my mid 50s and I paid bills for years with checks. But I do think twice a out it now. We have big criminals and little criminals to fight. The banks don't really offer much protection for stolen check numbers like they do if it's a debit/credit card.
It's called ACH or e-Check payments. Look it up, you'll find plenty of info on it.
I'll continue with the checks. Some of the places I send payments to will not accept plastic at all, just cash or checks, and I can't mail cash.
Also, individuals can't pay me with plastic, as I have no way to receive it. I can only receive checks through the mail for payment.
There's never much money in my account, so someone would have to be very lucky not to bounce a fake check on my account.
There are a few places I have to mail checks to periodically as well. I just don't keep much money in the acct I write check from.