Very simple to remember, and very true.

Simple and true. I'm all about that.

Well, being a simpleton myself, thats the easiest thing for me to remember.

The email that intiated my first post was from[I thought] MSN and it did look real. Never would've been suspicious but they asked for my social security number. At that time, the alarm bells went off causing me to post my question. Had it not been for that, I would've filled it out and sent it off.

I guess I think everyone is honest. Bad habit. Thanks for everyones input.

Cheers,

Bill

Driver's License was a pain and a half. But, I got a new one.
SS administration...they just issued a new card to my home address with proof that it was stolen in the way of a police report. They say people lose these things all the time. Frightening. I cn't blame them for not issuing a new #,though. Imagine the chaos.

Chaos is the government. I can't imagine them issuing a new number but now somebody else has yours. What is to keep the thief from stealing your identity at this point? By now 10 other thieves could have your number!

Cheers,

Bill

Thats why every scrap of mail or trash with so much as a name on it goes into a cross-cut shredder. Same with old hard drives.

I did enough work recovering data from things like that and doing goverment declassifying of hardware to know how to be paranoid.

Man, I'm gettin' more and more paranoid. Here we are allowed to burn our trash so I might just start doing that!

Cheers,

Bill

Shred it AND burn it.....................And get a locking mailbox .

Thats not being paranoid.....its being prudent.

Good idea! BTW--Most of my mail I take to the post office. Our mail carrier doesn't arrive until 4 PM!

Cheers,

Bill

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Just came across this link on a blog I frequent. It's a 'phishing scam' IQ test. You look at samples of scam emails and real emails, and take a small test on which is which. Then your responses are scored, you're told which were frauds and which were legitimate, and you're given an explanation for each.

A nice idea, I think.