Tid-Bit-Tuesday 11-18-22
10 – Points to Protecting Yourself from Scams & Schemes
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1. NEVER give your personal information,
checking account or credit card information out
over the phone unless you initiate the call.
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2. ALWAYS verify anyone who calls or comes to
your house uninvited to provide any service.
Check web directories or call information for
business numbers and call the company.
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3. NEVER contract with or allow unsolicited
door-to door salespeople or repair people
inside your house without independent
verification of who they are and whom
they work for. Always get a written
contract and READ it, prior to service.
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4. DO NOT clip or place outgoing mail on
mailboxes. Use secured postal mailboxes.
Retrieve your incoming mail in a timely
manner. Report any questionable activities to
the postal inspector.
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5. SHRED all statements, bills, cancelled checks
and anything else with your personal or
account information.?Use a cross-shred device.
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6. REMEMBER ... It is illegal for a legitimate
sweepstakes to require any money up front
before paying out winnings.
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7. LOCK all your doors even when you are at
home or when you are outside working in the
yard.
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8. REAL FRIENDS are not after your money or
your credit.
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9. TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS. If it seems to
good to be true, it probably is.
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10.HELP YOURSELF and help your neighbors.
Be the eyes and ears for others.
Get descriptions of suspicious people and vehicles and report
them.