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Avoiding Identity Theft Can Be Simple
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:03 pm, Posted by Absolute Destruction
We talk big about the threat of fraud and identity theft and that’s because it consequences are dire. Nearly 15,000 Canadians were victims in 2014. According to the Annual Statistic Report completed by the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, these 15,000 cases were responsible for roughly $74 million in defrauded funds. That’s nearly $5,000 per case. While […]
A Gentle Reminder about Mail Fraud
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 9:30 am, Posted by Absolute Destruction
A week rarely goes by without some news agency reporting the discovery of an identity theft ring. Usually, these articles hail from somewhere in the United States — a country with a population roughly 9 times that of Canada and a rate of identity theft that’s suitably much larger than our own. But every so […]
Identity Theft: What to Do When it Happens
Monday, August 22, 2016 2:38 pm, Posted by Absolute Destruction
Despite it being our mission to provide document destruction services to everyone in the GTA, we simply can’t help everyone. Misinformation is our biggest hurdle. People simply aren’t aware that they need to protect their personal information (PI) when they dispose of it. Without knowing any better, they can accidentally share private details by throwing […]