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Mary Fisher wrote:
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What details are there already filled in on such a credit card
application
that someone can't find out from publicly available information
anyway?

--
Chris Green

I don't want to give them a shred of information. Yes, they may be
able to get certain details elsewhere but I want to make it as
hard as possible for them.

Who? If identity theft were as common as some people would have us
believe we would probably all know a victim personally. I've yet to
see any hard evidence of large scale identity theft occurring as a
result
of someone trawling through the bins.

Still, I suppose we're supporting the shredder industry and keeping
a few people in jobs. They seem to be this years "must have" gadget.

MBQ

I don't know where you live but in London I know of at least 2 cases
of identity fraud with friends of friends. I've also had my bin
contents lifted and my credit cards scammed twice. The last time
they even had
my home telephone number which they provided to the retailer! My
father had his credit card scammed. When I was at my sister's flat
in central London we caught a guy rifling through her bin bags - and
no, he wasn't
a tramp. I'm not taking any chances.

I suggest living somewhere where people don't want what you have!

Mary

that isn't very helpful, realistic /or/ nice, is it ?