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What bad can you do with someone's IBAN account number? Nothing, unless a bank is somehow totally incompetent. It's basically the same as an email address. You
by pavlov 5y ago
What bad can you do with someone's IBAN account number? Nothing, unless a bank is somehow totally incompetent.
It's basically the same as an email address. You can't read someone's email inbox just by knowing their address. Similarly, you can't send money out of a bank account just by knowing the number. (You could spam them with money, but most people wouldn't mind.)
- jopsen 5y ago> Similarly, you can't send money out of a bank account just by knowing the number. You might if you walk into a branch with a little fake ID and a smile. Or you get a forced "vacation" in jail :) But yeah, it's not naturally assumed that you can just do something with those numbers.