to shred or not to shred

[Tom Sivak]

Steve

Don't feel guilty about shredding!   You bought the
shredder---use it!  

But if 20 people are using your son's social security
number, I would think more problems would arise than a
single hospital bill.   Doesn't quite add up for me.

I just threw last year's out with the trash last week.
  Your name, address, and phone number were in there,
as were mine...sorry!

Tom Sivak

--- Steve Blasyak <atuneforyou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom,
> 
> Do I know anybody who has had their identity stolen?
> 
> As a matter of fact I do...my son. This may be
> considered OT but being you
> raised the question. My oldest son works in
> construction, he is frequently
> laid off when the project he's working gets done.
> For several years the
> unemployment office has told him that there are
> about twenty people using
> his Social Security #. They will do nothing about
> it. Furhter he got a bill
> from a local hospital for around $500 bucks. He was
> able to get it
> striaghtend out because the bill was for treatment
> of a small child. My son
> has no children! But that is not the worst thing
> that can happen. Suppose
> someone used your name and address to create a new
> identity, then commits a
> crime. You could get thrown in the slammer for
> something you did not do.
> Believe me this has happened.
> 
> Now this may not have anything to do with shredding
> the 07 PTG directory. I
> was just wondering what others may do. I personally
> like the directory and
> use it on ocation. I shreded the parts with members
> names last year. It's
> not that big a deal really.
> 
> Steve Blasyak
> Orange County Chapter
> 
> Pura Vida
>