Anonymous wrote:Is a fireplace an option?
Anonymous wrote:I rip them in half and throw them into the trash.
No one is out in the middle of the night digging through my trash. I'm not a Hollywood Celeb or a Russian Spy, nor would my activities interest one, as my trash bags are full of rotting meat that I forgot to cook old bills, and lots of junk mail.
When the garbage men pick it up, it's taken to the transfer station where it is dumped into a giant container, which then gets trucked to the I-95 landfill, where giant backhoes/bulldozers push it into a pit, this happens happens about 2,000 times a day, trash from millions of homes gets dumped alongside my bills and rotting meat, buried underneath 1 ton of rotting stinking garbage.
The real money to be made these days is from online scammers, like the 30-year-old online "catfish hottie" who convinces Grandpa Joe that he's the love of her life and please send money.
Really no one is fishing through your suburban garbage unless you are a pop star or a Russian spy.
Anonymous wrote:Is a fireplace an option?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Basic stuff (name, address, account number) I rip by hand and mix with the cat's litter box business. Then put in a few different bags, with some old produce or meat juice or coffee grinds. Basically, wet stuff.
Are people really going through trash to find stuff like this? Especially if it's mixed with other garbage?
I often wonder this too.
Say it’s my CC bill. So they now have the last four digits. So what? And my name at my address. Public info. Plus what I bought. Ok…?
Or if it’s a medical bill. Ok? Again, last four digits of account, address, what was wrong with me. And??? Who cares.
What am I missing? Serious, no snark. Enlighten me!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Basic stuff (name, address, account number) I rip by hand and mix with the cat's litter box business. Then put in a few different bags, with some old produce or meat juice or coffee grinds. Basically, wet stuff.
Are people really going through trash to find stuff like this? Especially if it's mixed with other garbage?
I often wonder this too.
Say it’s my CC bill. So they now have the last four digits. So what? And my name at my address. Public info. Plus what I bought. Ok…?
Or if it’s a medical bill. Ok? Again, last four digits of account, address, what was wrong with me. And??? Who cares.
What am I missing? Serious, no snark. Enlighten me!
I guess in theory if they got your SSN from one piece of paper, your DOB from another, and your bank account info from another...you'd be in trouble.
This rarely happens anymore. For criminals this is like a needle in 10,000 haystacks.
They are making money from the people who use passwords like cardinal1234.
Gotcha. That makes sense, though I don’t think I’ve ever received a piece of paper with my full social listed, or full account number, for that matter. Maybe my electric bill, but if someone wants that account number, more power to you!
Anonymous wrote:I let my kids light it on fire.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Basic stuff (name, address, account number) I rip by hand and mix with the cat's litter box business. Then put in a few different bags, with some old produce or meat juice or coffee grinds. Basically, wet stuff.
Are people really going through trash to find stuff like this? Especially if it's mixed with other garbage?
I often wonder this too.
Say it’s my CC bill. So they now have the last four digits. So what? And my name at my address. Public info. Plus what I bought. Ok…?
Or if it’s a medical bill. Ok? Again, last four digits of account, address, what was wrong with me. And??? Who cares.
What am I missing? Serious, no snark. Enlighten me!
I guess in theory if they got your SSN from one piece of paper, your DOB from another, and your bank account info from another...you'd be in trouble.
This rarely happens anymore. For criminals this is like a needle in 10,000 haystacks.
They are making money from the people who use passwords like cardinal1234.