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.
Those are great tips and, with so many issues popping up with accounts being compromised, they are quite timely. We have this shredder as well and love it!
I need to be more careful about protecting my identity. I’ve been thinking about getting a shredding and the Fellowes brand seems really good. I like the SafeSense technology.
It makes me sick thinking of those horrible people who steal others’ identities. I cannot imagine not having a shredder to help protect my family.
I need to purge and shred my old files to make room for new ones. I try to shred as much as possible, because identity theft is no joke!
I need one of these. I am awful about my personal papers and I am trying to rebuild my credit.
it seems like DAILY we hear about more security issues- online and offline. we have to protect ourselves as much as we can
The stories of Identity theft are so scary. I tear everything up before I throw it away but I really should get a shredder.
I so need to get a shreder! We keep all our old docs so that we don’t have to worry but they are piling up and we need to get rid of them.
We have this shredder and LOVE IT!!!
Thanks for all the great tips! I definitely need to be more aware of protecting my identity!