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Don’t know what to do with unnecessary sensitive documents?
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 10:45pmStaff reports
With more and more people becoming victims of identity theft each day, the Nashville Police Department and Crime Stoppers is offering a way for Middle Tennesseans to safely discard their sensitive but no-longer-needed documents.
The first-ever Community Shred Day, set Saturday at LP Field, is designed to help prevent families and businesses from becoming the victims of identity theft.
Bring all of their sensitive documents they no longer want or need to the stadium’s main parking lot between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., where the paper will be destroyed on the spot.
The only cost is a $5 tax deductible donation to Crime Stoppers per banker box of records. All proceeds will go to Crime Stoppers’ reward fund, which is used to solve serious felony crimes in the Nashville community.
Up to 10 million people a year become victims of identity theft, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The crime occurs when someone uses a victim’s name, Social Security number, credit card number or other personal information.
Also included at the same site Saturday will be Crime Stoppers’ Pharma Trash Disposal. Metro police officers will collect prescription medications that are outdated and/or no longer needed and dispose of them in an environmentally safe manner.
The American Board of Family Medicine estimates that 89 percent of consumers dispose of their medications improperly by putting them in the household trash or flushing them down a toilet.
If you can’t make it to LP Field this weekend, Lebanon-based Wilson Bank & Trust is offering Community Shred Days, April 22-24.
Citizens may bring up to 50 pounds of unwanted personal documents during the bank’s regular business hours and have it shredded.
This free service is available at the bank’s main office in Lebanon and branches on North Mt. Juliet Road in Mt. Juliet, Hermitage, Carthage and on Memorial Boulevard in Murfreesboro.
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note to self: make sure the fraud protection alert is not redirected to the person who did it... #fail
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