January 2012

Volume=20 2, Issue 1

3D"Description: Identity=20 Theft and its sister crime Identity Fraud continue as = major=20 problems. The Federal Trade Commission advises there were = more than=20 11 million US victims suffering over $50 billion in damages. = The=20 Florida Attorney General's Office reports=20 the top complaints in 2010 were identify theft and = fraud=20 with over 250,000 & 725,000 instances respectively. = Victims=20 seldom learn of their plight until after the fact. Strong = preventive=20 measures are necessary!

The=20 most beneficial & preventative defensive=20 measure=20 is to deny access to your most sensitive personal = information. Your=20 name and address are publicly & readily available, but = your Social Security and financial = account=20 numbers and other sensitive information are not. The State = Attorney General's=20 Office provides extensive identity theft & = fraud=20 information along with an Identify Theft=20 Victim Kit.

You=20 can easily destroy documents=20 and information you no longer need at Lake Mary's Sixth = Annual=20 Shred-A-Thon, on Saturday, January 28th at the Lake Mary Senior=20 Center. Between 9 am and 1 pm, commercial shredding = vehicles=20 will shred your documents on the spot at no charge for the = first=20 three bags or boxes. Donations for additional containers are = $5=20 each, and are used to fund Senior Center programs. For = directions:=20 contact the Senior Center at = 407-585-1466.