Many times it is not just about the money you are sending, it is about your check and account number, address, phone, whatever you have printed on your checks. Tip from a Security firm, if you have to use a check, make sure only your initials are printed on the check, with your last name, (even the listing for your phone number in the phone book), do not have your phone number or driver's license # printed on your checks. The grocery store can ask you, but if you are sending it to pay a bill, it is not needed. In using initials and your last name, thieves will have a really hard time trying to set up another account in your "name". BTW, credit agencies and lenders don't care about magazine subscriptions being on your account, just dispute them. Always tell a collection agency, that the subscription is bogus and you have turned it and them over to the Attorney General's office for your state.