Protect Yourself From Scams!

Buy A Shredder! You can find a reasonably priced shredder at most office supply stores. They can range anywhere from less than $20. This is a must have to protect yourself from identity theft. Any documents with personal information such as your social security number should be shredded immediately, not thrown in the trash!

Secure Your Financial Documents Keep them under lock and key and away from the snooping eyes of the maid, handyman or even friends who come over! Protect your outgoing mail! Remember when everyone was scared to bank online? Now it is as secure as ever! You’re less likely to be a victim of identity theft. There is more danger mailing bills now more than ever. Thieves look for mail that has credit card payments, checks with all your information and other bills that will provide them easy ways to target you as a victim. A little attention and care to the way you maintain and protect your private information will go a long way to protect from being the next identification theft victim!