Campaign tells how to thwart ID thieves
HoustonChronicle.com - Campaign tells how to thwart ID thieves: "Your garbage is an identity thief's treasure.
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Known as Dumpster divers and trash snoops, thieves bank on careless consumers to make the pickings easy.
This paper-driven approach means shredding still matters, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Monday.
'Some people we have found mistakenly believe a lot of identity theft takes place over the Internet,' he said. 'The reality is that 90 percent of identity theft occurs elsewhere.'"
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Known as Dumpster divers and trash snoops, thieves bank on careless consumers to make the pickings easy.
This paper-driven approach means shredding still matters, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Monday.
'Some people we have found mistakenly believe a lot of identity theft takes place over the Internet,' he said. 'The reality is that 90 percent of identity theft occurs elsewhere.'"
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