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Posted: 20 November 2007 at 7:11pm | IP Logged

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evenin g-chronicle/2007/11/20/police-search-for-missing-child-benef it-data-72703-20136418/

  No words can describe how I feel at this moment in time - I just hope they get it sorted out pronto!!

Posted: 20 November 2007 at 7:25pm | IP Logged

Blimey are they going to contact those whom have lost details to let us know or are we all sitting ducks now!

Urgh bloody politicans know jack!!

Posted: 20 November 2007 at 7:40pm | IP Logged

Just a flipping tad...... it's terrible that they muck up how much your owe them in over payments etc but to loose everything is sooooo wrong.... i'm going to watch my bank like a hawk and change payments to a different account etc asap

Posted: 20 November 2007 at 10:08pm | IP Logged

This doesn't instil confidence in our civil servants does it?

Posted: 21 November 2007 at 9:50am | IP Logged

Although i went awwwww pants when i saw it on the news this morning..i did have a little chuckle at the same time.

Apparently the mistake was made my a 'junior member' of the department...all i thought of was...hmm i know we make screw ups in our first week or so of working..but bloooomin heck thats the eff up of the century, wonder if whoever it was has there p45 yet...would love to know what their reference reads like..can you imagine that one..

I saw the helpline etc..but figured itd be pointless to ring it as its probably swamped with phonecalls...just going to go with the advice that was given out on the news...monitor your account for any strange goings on...hmmm now that could leave the banks wide open for all sorts of stuff..

Am going to give my bank a ring and give them a heads up anyway..nothing been ordered..anything going out is already set in stone..what will be going in..and unless its asda or tesco..dont let it go through...be nice to boss the bank about for once lol

Posted: 21 November 2007 at 11:18pm | IP Logged

The link on MSN warns everyone to be on the alert for spoof emails, especially if the ask for your place of birth as this information was not lost.

If someone wants to "use" an identity for fraud they generally need this info.