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Preventing Identity Theft
January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Just a month or so ago I got a call from my credit card company. There were charges on my credit card that the company thought might be fraudulent. I was asked to verify the charges. What followed was charge after charge for purchases totaling almost $800 dollars. All of the purchases were in another state. I was shocked. I told the credit card company what was going on and they quickly canceled my card. A few days later I was able to go into the bank and straighten things up. But I was still concerned. I had my card in my wallet. How could someone use my card when it is in my possession?
Unfortunately, situations like this occur on a daily basis. Credit card fraud and identity theft are becoming more and more common. Even though high tech computer scamming methods like phishing are becoming a major problem, one of the easiest ways for a thief to get your information is the old fashioned way, taking important documents. Throwing away important documents that contain sensitive information such as social security numbers, birth dates, credit scores, and bank accounts is dangerous. Documents with information like this should always be shredded so that a thief can’t steal your information just by nabbing your paperwork. A document shredding company is a good way to prevent this. Businesses that work with sensitive documents can hire a document shredding company to shred documents on a regular basis to avoid identity theft.
If you are looking for paper shredding in Washington D.C., Shred Ace can help. Shred Ace is an on site document destruction company that will take care of your sensitive documents to prevent identity theft and keep your information safe.