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It happens all the time and bank will tell you you have to physically step in a branch with the ID used to open the account. Source: happened to me.

• klipt 7y ago
  Yes and having that option is way better than losing your account forever with no recourse.
  • avip 7y ago
    Sure. But I see some trend in comments where people assume you can't be locked out of resources in traditional banking. And that is patently false. It's extremely easy to have a bank account you cannot access. But at least you get to talk to a (useless) person about it.
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  • pas 7y ago
    But that starts with first establishing your identity at the bank. And who knows what would really happen if someone really targeted you and/or your account at that bank. I mean banks I have some dealings with try to match my signature (after checking my gov issued ID cards), but if it doesn't match they just let me look at the screen so I can try something similar. So what would happen were someone walk in with fake ID cards? Probably they could just walk out with my money, and then it's up to the CCTV tapes to maybe "prove" that it wasn't me. If there were truly properly secure and cost effective physical identity assurance services big Internet companies would probably use them.