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In article <MPG.e7a346b9d3b8f89896e2@news.vnet.net>, nospam@synernet.com 
says...
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>In article <3410612B.F7F@ix.netcom.com> of Fri, 05 Sep 1997 12:44:43 -
>0700, cimple3@ix.netcom.com says...
>> Maria Rost Rublee wrote:
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>> > >
>> > >I wrote Crestar today at their Web site and here's the reply I 
received:
>> > >
><snip>
>> > >Prior to obtaining the usual required
>> > >identification, the Branch Associate will ask these customers to 
place
>> > >their thumbprint on the face of the check.
>> > >
>> > >The thumbprint will only be used if the check proves to be 
fraudulent
>> > >and
>> > >will not be stored on a database.
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>Horsefeathers. Ask the bank if they will photograph the face of the 
>check in the normal clearing process.(The answer is yes.) Ask the bank 
>how long they maintain the spool of check clearings. Ask the bank who 
>may access that spool, and get a reproduction of the check without a 
>warrant... Now ask the bank where that actual check goes after it 
>clears. (To the payor, of course, who now has your thumbprint matched 
>to two ID's.)
>
>A suggestion: Tell the teller that financial ripoffs are rampant, and 
>ask for the teller's thumbprint on a piece of paper you provide, and 
>see if privacy concerns arise ;-)
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>Ed Stone
>estone@synernet-robin.com
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   Interesting point. Assume I am doing an investigation in an official 
capacity, but lack discretion to get a set of fingerprints of you, a 
suspect in the investigation. I write you a cheque issued on a Crestar 
account, and then request a copy of the cheque at a later date, thus 
getting a fingerprint sample, circumventing normal procedure. 
   Admittedly this is a surreptitious way to get a fingerprint, but it is 
an easy way to get ID numbers...something else to think about when 
cashing cheques.