Are you looking to host a great spring event for your
community? There are numerous ways
community members can come together.
At AMG we not only want residents to be safe we want to
protect your financial lives. Protect your community from financial fraud with
this great event.
As you start spring cleaning, are you wondering what to keep
and what to shred? Invite the residents
in your community to come on out and get rid of all those sensitive documents. Community Shred-it events help make communities
safer places to live.
Save Forever
Keep documents related to major life events – birth, marriage,
divorce, and death. Lock securely:
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Birth certificates or adoption papers
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Social Security cards
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Citizenship papers or passports
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Marriage or divorce decrees
·
Death certificates of family members
Also, keep auto titles and home deeds stored safely for as
long as you own the property
Items to Shred:
Junk mail and old papers that carry your Social
Security number (but don’t destroy your Social Security card), birth date,
signature, account numbers, passwords or PINs.
Shred deposit slips and ATM and credit card receipts
immediately after you get your monthly statements. Shred used airline tickets,
unneeded medical bills, preapproved credit card applications and expired IDs
such as driver’s licenses, medical insurance cards and passports.
If you have a
one-day paper shredding event you should include specific information (time,
day, location, etc.), a sponsor, if any, who residents should call/email with
questions, a website, etc.
These events help spread the
word about identity theft, which continues to be a serious issue today. Bureau
of Justice statistics show that an estimated 16.6 million Americans (17% of
people over the age of 16) experienced at least one incident of identity theft
in 2012. Also, identity theft cost $24.7 billion (which was over $10 billion
more than what all other property crimes in the U.S. cost).
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