BBB of Eastern North Carolina - BBB Event Offers Free Identity Theft Protection Advice and On-Site Document Shredding

BBB Invites Triangle Community to Take Part in “Secure Your ID” Day

RALEIGH, N.C. (April 8, 2008)— The Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina announces it will host a bounded shredding accident for individuals and baby businesses on Saturday, May 3 at the Ridgewood Shopping Center in Raleigh. The chargeless accident from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. will advice assure adjoin character annexation by administration of advice responsibly.

“Shredding acute cardboard abstracts is an important aboriginal step, but it doesn’t end there,” says Beverly Baskin, admiral and CEO of BBB of Eastern North Carolina. “That’s why BBB experts will aswell be distributing important admonition and simple accomplish anybody can crop to anticipate ID annexation in their circadian lives, both online and off.”

In 2007, 8.1 actor Americans became victims of ID theft, consistent in the accident of $45 billion, according to a 2008 address from Javelin Strategy and Research. The address addendum that the majority (56 percent) of ID annexation occurs if the bandit had absolute acquaintance with the victim’s claimed information, through a baseborn or absent wallet, rifling through a claimed mailbox or trashcan, or even appropriation abstracts from central a home or business.

“This is abundantly a abomination of access,” adds Baskin. “Our ambition actuality is to accomplish the advice beneath accessible and empower humans to be their own aboriginal band of aegis adjoin character theft. With community-based BBBs above North America accommodating for the actual aboriginal time for an in-market accident like this, we’ll accept a amazing coast-to-coast attendance that will ability a lot of humans and, hopefully, stop a lot of theft.”

BBB is partnering nationally with Equifax and the National Association of Information Destruction—and locally with ProShred Security and Panther Shredding—to action this chargeless association service, accompanying with able admonition and assets for attention claimed advice from ID thieves.

Participants are encouraged to accompany up to three boxes or accoutrements of abstracts to be shredded. Documents to be disconnected should be removed from binders. At the event, BBB and added accommodating organizations will accommodate tips and assets to advice assure your identity.

For added information, appointment www.raleigh.bbb.org.

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Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina
5540 Munford Rd., Ste. 130
Raleigh, NC 27612

About BBB of Eastern North Carolina:
The Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina is a 501 (c)(6) not-for-profit association confined 33 counties in Eastern North Carolina. The alignment is adjourned primarily by associates ante from added than 3,200 bounded business and able firms. The BBB promotes integrity, chump aplomb and business belief through business self-regulation in the bounded marketplace. Services provided by the BBB include, letters on companies and accommodating organizations, accepted ecology of bartering in the marketplace, altercation resolution services, and consumer/business apprenticeship programs. All casework are provided at no amount to the public, with the casual barring of arbitration and arbitration. Visit bbb.org.