Just a couple of Sundays ago (June 17, 2009), after an individual tried to pass a fake credit card, a Ralph's grocery store employee alerted the Oceanside Police Department and provided a description of the vehicle. The vehicle was consequently pulled over with the suspects placed "behind bars" by the following Wednesday. See the full story here: http://www.10news.com/news/19779383/detail.html
Businesses and employees must remain alert and be trained to detect potential perpetrators of ID Theft. As part of the Federal Trade Commission’s Red Flag Rules that are slated to come into effect August 1, 2009, many businesses are going to be required to implement programs "designed to detect the warning signs - or 'red flags' - of identity theft in their day-to-day operations, take steps to prevent crime, and mitigate the damage it inflicts."
In the following weeks, I will be posting a series of blogs outlining some procedures businesses can include in their Red Flag Program to prevent ID Theft at the point-of-sale when accepting credit cards.
Everyone must do their part to prevent ID Theft and the Ralph's Grocery store in Oceanside and their on-the-ball employee deserve much credit for preventing ID Theft and ultimately helping to catch the criminals.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Trash Voyeurism
If you ever had any doubts about whether you should shred everything, then I have something to show you.
I found it absolutely astonishing that something like this even exists for public consumption. And even if you find it interesting to read through other people's stuff, even if it seems innocent or cute, you should have the right to decide whether you want to make your papers public.
With ID Theft running rampant, you can find at least a couple of news stories every day covering ID Theft, you must take proactive steps to destroy any and all documents you receive and produce. Whether you shred, burn, pulverize, or chew them up and swallow them, they must not leave your possession in readable form.
Without further ado, here's what all this about. This story ran on 20/20 last Friday night and it is must viewing for anyone even a little concerned about ID Theft: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7830369
I found it absolutely astonishing that something like this even exists for public consumption. And even if you find it interesting to read through other people's stuff, even if it seems innocent or cute, you should have the right to decide whether you want to make your papers public.
With ID Theft running rampant, you can find at least a couple of news stories every day covering ID Theft, you must take proactive steps to destroy any and all documents you receive and produce. Whether you shred, burn, pulverize, or chew them up and swallow them, they must not leave your possession in readable form.
Without further ado, here's what all this about. This story ran on 20/20 last Friday night and it is must viewing for anyone even a little concerned about ID Theft: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7830369
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