Re: Adding a signature on docs.
- From: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:11:24 -0500
Years ago I was told that banks don't look at (or for) signatures on checks
unless you issue a "signature caution" (which I did once when I lost my
checkbook, though luckily some kind soul found it and returned it to me).
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"Jezebel" <warcrimes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Banks don't verify signatures anyway, for most purposes. That stopped a
long
> time ago. Presumably there's a threshhold, but at least under some value
> ($10k?) they figured the cost of verifying signatures was more than the
cost
> (to them!) of the occasional fraud. An office I was working at a while ago
> once accidentally sent out all the pay checks without any signatures at
all.
> No-one noticed, and EVERY ONE of them cleared anyway.
>
>
>
>
> "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OEYM$w4qFHA.460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Even scarier is that some banks accept faxed signatures as authorisation
> > without making further security checks :(
> > A signature in a fax is always going to be an image, so whether it is
> > inserted by man or machine is irrelevant as far as the recipient is
> > concerned.
> >
> > --
> > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP
> >
> > My web site www.gmayor.com
> > Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
> > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> >
> > JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] wrote:
> >> Sad, isn't it? And scary - I shudder to think what kinds of stuff
> >> we're going to be looking out for next.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Jezebel" <warcrimes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:%23Go955wqFHA.464@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Scan the signature and save it as an AutoText entry. Not particularly
> >>> secure, but signatures aren't particularly secure anyway. Nothing to
> >>> stop the client scanning the fax, extracting the signature and
> >>> inserting it into another document.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "TonyV" <TonyV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>> news:6E4D7078-4774-45D9-B01D-25633729DFFA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Often when I create a MSWord2003 document that require my manager's
> >>>> signature
> >>>> before being faxed off to a client, I normally print it out, get it
> >>>> signed,
> >>>> then fax the hardcopy to the client.
> >>>>
> >>>> How can we add his signature without having to print it out?
> >>>> How secure will it be so that the signature will not get into the
> >>>> wrong hands?
> >>>>
> >>>> Please advise.
> >
> >
>
>
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