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Protecting Your Identity Is Priceless

The Importance of Shredding Documents - Why shred? 
Incidents of identity theft are rising rapidly.  As you are probably aware, identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America today.  A major, contributing factor - one that is easily controlled - is how we discard of documentation containing personal information.  “Dumpster diving,” or rifling through trash cans for personal information, is a common tactic used by ID thieves. 
What should you shred? 
The easy answer - anything that has a signature, account number, Social Security number, medical or legal
information.  In short, destroy all sensitive information including junk mail such as pre-approved credit offers. 

To get started visit http://mydocumentshredding.com

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