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There is an unlimited number of ways thieves get your information, the most common is stealing your mail and stealing your trash, (click photo to left). Many of these thieves will apply for new credit in your name within weeks. Some thieves will even use special skimmers to make copies of your credit cards, or steal information from your wallet and immediately start stealing money from your accounts, (click on the two photos below). While shredding your personal information and using a PO box for mail, may help deter identity theft, it won’t stop it. Further more this only slows credit card or financial identity theft. What about criminal, medical, drivers licence, or social security identity theft? Some thieves
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