What do you do with your personal bills, credit card statements, medical records, and cancelled checks? Do you throw them in the garbage or send them to the shredder?
If you don’t have a good shredder in your possession, you could be setting yourself up for identity theft. In general, if you have something in your possession that you wouldn’t feel comfortable having someone else look at, shred it.
In fact, identity theft criminals need very little information to steal your identity. For example, with your Social Security number in hand, criminals can apply for everything from credit cards to personal loans. And you’d be surprised to see exactly what information your garbage is giving to identity thieves. If you don’t think criminals would go through the effort of diving into your dumpster to retrieve your personal information, think again.
The good news is that purchasing and using a shredder involves very little hassle on your part. Simply
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