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.
Good points. I need a new shredder, my old one kicked the bucket (so to speak).
I have this same exact shredder and love it! It works so good, and has never jammed once!
Having a shredder is really important. I absolutely hate when companies send things in the mail. I try to sign up for electronic mail at every chance I get. Thanks for sharing!
I really need to invest in a shredder. I normally just rip up my mail but there’s probably a lot on there that can still be read.
I pretty much shred everything that has my name or anything relating to me on it. I’m a shredding nut!
My dad used to love his shredder so much! It’s a much needed thing now!
I hadn’t even thought of using a shredder to dispose of personal information, thanks for the tip!
Looks like an awesome shredder. We don’t shred enough of our personal papers.
I’ve always wanted a shredder, I’ve never shredded my papers.
Shredding documents is very important. I have a stack that I need to go through right now.