Ordered item from abroad - they want my passport number to post it!

[ililili]

Has anyone else experienced this? Surely it's a no-no to give out your passport number?

Thanks for any advice/experience

Absolutely wouldn’t do this
sounds well dodgy

That's ridiculous. Cancel and get a refund (if you can!)

Where have you ordered from? Sounds like a know your customer anti money-laundering check. If you only share the passport number, what do you think they will do with that?

Nope. Absolutely not. Don't do it.

Can't you just say you don't have a passport?

What have you ordered and where from? Is it very high value or something?

Super odd. I would just tell them that I don’t have a passport.

I work in corporate governance and frequently need to deal with KYC and AML requests. Impossible to say whether the OP should provide the number or not as we don't have sufficient information from her. Always worth checking any request for ID is actually from who it purports to be from. A blanket "don't do it!" response may not be appropriate.

It's not high value or anything
£100
Spain
I've written back saying can they post without please?

I have never heard of anyone being asked for their passport number in connection with an online purchase.
However, as a PP suggested there may be something to do with AML/KYC where certain combinations of residence/nationality/place of birth are not allowed.

What have you bought?

It can be used to steal your ID.

Sounds scammy! anyway they'd be shit out of luck with me! My passport is currently expired - and as i have no spare cash to go out of the uk on holiiday have no intention of renewing it in the near future!

I'd cancel the order and try and find it somehwere else!!!!