January, 2008 Newsletter

Greetings from All In One Desktops

We hope that you all had a wonderful time bringing in the New Year!

All In One Desktops doubled the amount of traffic coming to their website in the last month.  The All In One Desktops team has also networked with some great people to bring some great opportunities to the company in the near future.

Helpful Hints - Identity Theft

A new commercial from http://www.lifelock.com/ has the company CEO advertising his Social Security Number to prove how their company can protect anyone from identity theft for $10 a month.  All In One Desktops checked out the website and was impressed.  They were surprisingly honest on their website.  Every service they offer you can do yourself.  They compare it to changing your cars oil... you can do that yourself too.  The website does not guarantee your identity will not be stolen.  It does guarantee up to a million dollars in coverage.

You can do everything they do for you, but it is time consuming:

0. Call 1-888-567-8688 and visit https://www.optoutprescreen.com/?rf=t to be removed from all credit card application mailing lists.  Forged applications are the #1 source of identity theft.
0. Get on the DO NOT CALL list 1-888-382-1222 or https://www.donotcall.gov/.
0. Order free annual credit reports and place a fraud alert every 90 days with the credit agencies: Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union.  Now the scary part.  Even with a fraud alert on your account creditors are not required by law to contact you to verify your identity.  So even if you do all of the above or buy some form of identity theft protection you are not safe.  A lazy creditor that can't verify your identity (say you don't answer the phone) could allow identity theft to still happen.  This must be changed and will be eventually as identity theft becomes more and more common.

Surprisingly only about 6 percent of identify thefts originate from online transactions.  So be safe online, but more importantly opt out and shred all personal information before it goes into the trash.  Once your garbage leaves your property it is public domain, meaning anyone can look at it and take it without penalty.  If you are paranoid and want to take things to the extreme then the only paper that should go out of your house unshredded is toilet paper.

Salutations

All In One Desktops wishes you and your family a Happy Valentine's Day.

Rikki & Nathan Winters
All In One Desktops

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