A friend whom I know well - ie not a scammer - wants to pay me some money he owes me, and asked me to email my bank details so that he can transfer the money. In the past, when I owed him some money, he emailed me his details and I paid a cheque into my local branch of his bank, and that worked.
However, we are always told, 1.) not to give out bank details, and 2.) that email is not a safe way to transfer confidential information, as we should always assume that emails can be read by the nefarious if they want to.
Should I ask him to send a cheque or can anyone enlighten me please? We are not on internet banking.
(Can you tell that I am paranoid and of dinosaur tendencies? (Doesn't mean that they're not out to get me...))
Thank you in advance, all you tech-savvy people. 
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