Stolen driving license

Lost or stolen? If stolen I would report it to the police and DVLA. If you just lost it then report to the DVLA. Every license has an issue number at the end of the number so this will increment with your new license. But there's not much you can do to stop someone using the stolen one as Id.
 
Hades said:
Lost or stolen? If stolen I would report it to the police and DVLA. If you just lost it then report to the DVLA. Every license has an issue number at the end of the number so this will increment with your new license. But there's not much you can do to stop someone using the stolen one as Id.
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Ok, the title says Stolen, the post says reported to police and dvla. Was there anything I missed?
 
andicole0 said:
Ok, the title says Stolen, the post says reported to police and dvla. Was there anything I missed?
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If you have not already, maybe set yourself up on one of those free credit checking sites like Clearscore.com and keep an eye for any new credit applications etc. Most places ask for at least 2 forms of ID though, but still worth keeping an eye on it.
 
Robi_uk said:
If you have not already, maybe set yourself up on one of those free credit checking sites like Clearscore.com and keep an eye for any new credit applications etc. Most places ask for at least 2 forms of ID though, but still worth keeping an eye on it.
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Cool, done that now.
 
The GF had her indentity stolen a few years back and joined Noodle, who helped her to track if her identity was trying to be used fraudulently. I think Noodle has now been bought by Credit Karma, who might offer something similar.
 
Never really thought about this.
It's actually quite easy to lose a driving licence.

How many places see the licence and accept it rather than checking its valid? (ie, its an old out of date one)

I wonder if I could open an account with my old one
 
My friend used to routinely lose his and sell it to us as "legit fake ID". Not many places that take more than a cursory glance, beyond some of the London venues that have begun to scan them in.
 
My photocard was expired and I used it. Now my whole licence is invalid due to ban but still gets accepted by the bank to prove I'd when doing 5k+ transfers or withdrawals
 
Regardless of being disqualified or not, it's still proof of identity, do so can understand the bank accepting it, assuming we're talking about the photocard portion and not some oldskool paper half.
 
skyripper said:
Regardless of being disqualified or not, it's still proof of identity, do so can understand the bank accepting it, assuming we're talking about the photocard portion and not some oldskool paper half.
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The guy is a troll. He is disqualified and part of the terms were returning the photo card. At court they would have seized it from him.
 
andicole0 said:
Apart from reporting to police and DVLA which has been done. Are there any actions to take to protect identity etc.?
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What actually happened to make it stolen? (I assume you know otherwise it could be lost)

If it was a mugger after some money it might be sitting in a bin or gutter around where it went down.
 
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