Greetings, Unfortunately, this attorney did not do his homework. Many places including the USPS will not accept a credit card that is not signed. Worse, you will be paying late fees on your credit card payment if you don't put the full number on your check, many companies just chuck them aside until they have time to track down your account number and make your payment late. They can do this as the instruction they send tell you to put your full account number on the check. Ask your company before following this attorneys advice.
The rest of his advice is good, only if you have a safe secure place to keep all your photo copies. If your credit card will let you put your picture on it, do so. If they allow pin numbers, use one. Bright Blessings, Kim At 09:47 AM 3/21/2006, you wrote: > ATTORNEY'S ADVICE -- NO CHARGE > > Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to >it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! A corporate >attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company. > > 1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO ID >REQUIRED". > > 2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO >NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the >last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and >anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check >processing channels won't have access to it. > > 3. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If >you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not have >a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on your checks. >(DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have it printed, anyone >can get it. > > 4. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both >sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your >wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. >Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also carry a photocopy of my passport >when I travel either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories about >fraud that's committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security >number, credit cards. > > Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my >wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(s) ordered an >expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a >credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from >DMV to change my driving record information online, and more. But here's >some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or >someone you know: > > 5. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. But >the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you >know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them. > > 6. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your >credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were >diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is >one). > > But here's what is perhaps most important of all: (I never even thought >to do this.) > > 7. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations immediately to >place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security fraud >line number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that >called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my >name. The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your >information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize >new credit. > > By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, >all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks >initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before >placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the >thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It seems >to have stopped them dead in their tracks. > > Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet, >etc., has been stolen: > > 1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285 > > 2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742 > > 3.) Trans Union: 1-800-680-7289 > > 4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271 > > We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about >everything. > > If you are willing to pass this information along, it could really help >someone that you care about. > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
