Thank you Bank of Ceylon and Banking Officers

Thank you Bank of Ceylon and Banking Officers

It took over one year for the Bank of Ceylon, Kandy to home in with the fraudulent guy who tried to cash in a cheque forwarded to me from abroad.

Fortunately, I did not have an account and the signature card there.

They rejected the cheque forged by the guy who tried to cash it.

It took over one year for the principal in USA to let me know of the outcome.

This is where I reject the mobile and digital banking.

I knew of a famous Union guy in Sheffield who in a matter of 24 hours got hold of the union money and disappeared into South America, (probably).

The money was transferred digitally in seconds.

So I rejected the offer of digital banking in 1980s and still do.

If the above money was transferred by digital means there was no way of tracing the tracks.

The digital outlets are good and convenient but without a human touch and investigation (simply checking the signature and the National ID) one cannot catch a thief.

The officer who checked the counter signature did know that it was forged.

Mind you after I stopped drinking my signature is still neat and cute.

No shaking fingers or hands.