This post was created in partnership with Fellowes. All opinions are my own.
After the holidays we are always left with piles of bills and receipts from all the December madness. It’s a new year and many people are working on getting better organized, cleaning out desks drawers and closets. It also happens to be tax season, so the amount of paperwork and receipts is further amplified. If you’re like me, you feel like you are swimming in paper work right now.
Identity thieves are sneaky, stealing credit card payments and other outgoing mail from private, curbside mailboxes. They even dig through garbage cans or communal dumpsters in search of anything from cancelled checks, credit card and bank statements, and preapproved credit card, mortgage and insurance offers.
Protect Your Identity with a Few Simple Steps
Take steps to opt out of all unsolicited credit card offers.
Switch to online banking and bill payment options, and suppress the paper copy of your bank statement and bills.
Destroy all offers for credit, and any documents which contain your personal information.
Shred old credit cards, as well as document which contain personal information. It’s critical that you stay safe this year by using a shredder to properly dispose of bills and protect your identity.
Fellowes Powershred 73Ci Shredder
The stylish 73Ci is features a sleek design and several advanced technologies such as:
⁃100% Jam Proof System that eliminates paper jams and powers through tough jobs
⁃SafeSense® Technology which automatically stops shredding when hands touch the paper opening
⁃A proprietary Energy Savings System that maximizes shredder energy savings 100% of the time – both in use and out of use
⁃Capacitive touch screen controls
⁃Heavy-duty Cross-Cut blades that destroy 12 sheets of paper into 397 particles per sheet, making it extremely difficult to reassemble
⁃The 73Ci is available at office superstores and their online counterparts for a suggested retail price of $199.99.
Thanks to the Fellowes Powershred 73Ci Shredder, I am starting the new year feeling a lot safer.
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I think shredding documents is one of the best ways to prevent identity theft. This looks like an awesome shredder.
these are great tips to know they can come real handy especially with all identity thefts that are going on in this world
We’ve got a shredder too!
We burn everything in the barrel here but before we moved back to the country, shredding was the only way to go for us. Fellowes is a great brand, our mini lasted 6 years for me.
I have been wanting a new shredder… that one looks perfect! I have been trying to find the info on how to opt out of credit card offers and haven’t had any luck yet