Not to give bank details

[Squills]

I've just had a guy turn up at my door asking if I'd like to contribute to funding the Sussex and Surrey Air Ambulance. I said I would like to contribute and he then produced a tablet and asked me to fill in my bank account and sort code number so that a direct debit could be set up.

I refused and he asked what it was about him that I didn't trust. I said that it wasn't anything to do with him personally it was just that I wasn't happy giving banking details via his tablet. I said I didn't mind doing it online via my own wifi and computer. He gave me the impression that I was being awkward. I felt, as he already knew my address, giving my bank details on the doorstep was a step too far.

Was I being too suspicious or not?

YANBU, and you should contact the charity ASAP and let them know you were asked for those details at the door, and why you refused to give them. Either they need to realize asking is a bad idea, or they need to know some faker is going around using their name.

But what is to stop you smiling and saying 'yes of course' and then writing down a series of random numbers to get rid of them, how are they to know that you have not given your real bank details! can anyone answer this, I would love to try it one day but don't get many of them in Germany.

We have this a lot and I always refuse