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Own your own online business? You might be a Target for Identity Theft


                                                                               



Own your own online business? You might be a Target for Identity Theft

Own your own online business? You may be a target for ID Theft.

QUESTION: What day of the week do you put your garbage can out on the
street?

ANSWER: That is the day you are MOST vulnerable to Identity Theft.

Why?

Think about what you put into your garbage can.

If you are like most people, you have tossed a lot of "junk mail" into
the garbage (usually tied up in a neat plastic bag). Things like
"pre-approved" credit card applications, just waiting for a signature
and returning them back to the bank…with your NAME on the application
form.

Other items include canceled checks, medical bills (usually with your
social security number), phone bills utility bills, and charge card
account information.

Armed with the critical few bits of information you provided in your
garbage can, criminals can hijack your credit reputation and go on
hundred-thousand-dollar shopping sprees using new credit cards issued
in your name.

They can run up large phone charges to 900 numbers, make long distance
phone calls, and using your cancelled checks, make Automatic Check
Transactions on-line to buy what ever their heart desires.

Do you want some more bad news? The government can't stop them.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in effect overturning the 1974 Privacy Act,
stated that: "garbage left at a curb for pick-up is public domain and
subject to inspection and seizure by anyone".

This means "anyone" including criminals and your corporate competitors
are free to check your garbage can or dumpster, anytime they are so
inclined.

So what is a person supposed to do to protect themselves and their
family?

The simple answer is to buy a paper shredder and use it every day.

"Shredding makes your personal information unavailable for the taking"
states Tony Storrie, director of marketing for Fellowes, the world's
leading manufacturer of shredders. "Shredding junk mail, credit card
receipts and any other form of personal information means it is
thoroughly destroyed, useless to criminals looking to profit at the
expense of unsuspecting people."

The Privacy Rights Clearing-house (PRC), a non-profit education and
research program administered by the University of San Diego's Center
for Public Interest Law, also suggests shredding, claiming it can
protect citizens against having their sensitive information stolen
by Identity Thieves.

Start Shredding TODAY!

Merritt Tumanis
Author/Publisher

Copyright (C) Merritt W. Tumanis 2002
Permission is granted to reprint the following article as long as no
changes are made and the byline, copyright information, and the
resource box is included. Please let me know if you use this article
by sending an email to mailto:mtumanis@iserv.net
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Article excerpt from the ebook
"Credit Alert, Learn how to reduce your risks for Identity Theft"
found at http://www.wmce.net/idtheft/sales.html



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