As we enter 2020, consumers are advised to avoid abbreviating the date 2020 to 20 on legal documents and cheques etc (for example 01/01/20).
Using the number 20 instead of 2020 could allow fraudsters to add additional numbers, for example 21 or 16 to falsely post-date a document or indicate that a document was signed earlier than it was. Many legal document require a full date, but it is a sensible precaution is to use the full date in all such circumstances.
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