Anyone know more about this BT "uk identity verification" scheme?

[Roland Perry]

In message <5.1.0.14.0.20030305163532.00a80a10@194.62.44.58>, Nicholas 
Bohm <nbohm@ernest.net> writes
>My wife has no utility bills addressed to her; goodness knows what they 
>will want with her name on it.

A bank statement with her name on from another bank? [Recursion sets in 
at this point]. I do know that apparently Credit Card and mobile phone 
statements aren't good enough. Too easy to steal an identity to get one, 
I suppose.

But they'll believe utility companies, who have *never* asked me for any 
kind of verification of my identity. Perhaps TPTB think we are all too 
stressed when we move house to bother about lying about our name?

Anyway, I've looked at my Electricity bill, and there's nothing remotely 
like a "meter point asset number" on it. Just a customer number and 
something called a Supply Number (an 8-element grid). Neither bears any 
relation to the serial number on the meter. In any event it's addressed 
to just "Mr & Mrs Perry" - good job our surname isn't Smith, or we could 
be anybody!
-- 
Roland Perry