Is it safe to send bank account and routing number in gmail?

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amother

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 2:20 pm

Is it safe to send my bank account number and routing number on an attachment I send via gmail to someone (that someone has encrypted email through their work), so their end should be secure. I just don't know about gmail? What's a secure way to do this?

amother

Coral

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 2:22 pm

That information is on every check you have. Generally not considered private.

Lets_Eat_Pie

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 2:23 pm

I'd be extremely nervous. I don't know a secure way to do this, honestly. Can you call them and give them the info over the phone?

groovy1224

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 2:31 pm

You can send an email from Gmail in confidential mode. You can enter the recipients cell number and Gmail will send them a password to open the email, and the email will not be able to be forwarded or downloaded.

Otherwise, the most secure way would be to give them the account information over the phone.

BetsyTacy

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 3:27 pm

Thank you Groovy!
I never heard of this feature.

FranticFrummie

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 3:31 pm

I've had landlords give me all of that info in one email (instead of breaking it up) so that I could arrange direct deposit for the rent. They never seemed worried about it, either in the US or in Israel.

amother

Honeydew

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 7:44 pm

Anyone who you hand a check to will have this information. It’s not exactly confidential.

amother

Khaki

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 8:02 pm

Gmail is safe.
That being said, if it's sent to someone's work place email, it's not, because even though they are "encrypted" , their IT department has full access to everyone's emails for sure and they do not have the resources to compete with the security that Gmail has.

Zeleze

Sun, Aug 23 2020, 10:33 am

I dont think so

Tryu a fax maybe and ask the otherside to be present when it's faxed

happy chick

Sun, Aug 23 2020, 10:35 am

I have sent bank/CC info thru gmail. But when I put the numbers, I write some numbers out in letter.
Such as: 44one6....

smile12345

Sun, Aug 23 2020, 10:43 am

Curious, what would be unsafe about this?

I would be wary giving cc details over email since anyone can use those details to charge me, but what can bank details be used for aside from making me richer?

Zeleze

Sun, Aug 23 2020, 1:35 pm

Would you send CC details in Whatapp ?

amother

Apricot

Sun, Aug 23 2020, 1:40 pm

Can any of the posters here who feel it's unsafe explain why they aren't concerned about the hundreds of checks they've written over the years, every single check has both the routing and account numbers.

It seems several posters have pointed this out and it's being ignored.

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