Prove who you are to a company
What a company can honestly ask you for, and what it never will.
A company that cannot text you a code has to be sure it is you before it hands the account over.
It may ask for a document or for details of the account. It will never ask for your password.
Key points
- A company that cannot text you must check who you are another way
- Documents and account details are fair. Your password never is.
What to remember
- A real check asks for documents, never for a password.
- Documents, yes. Password, never.
Try this
If a company asks you to prove who you are, check that you started it. Otherwise hang up and go to them.
Practice: Prove who you are to a company. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.