Fundraiser for Identity Theft Awareness
By Schuyler Budde
Jun 9, 2012

BILLINGS - According to the Bureau of Justice, more then one million people over the age of 65 were targeted by identity thieves in 2011.
The Partners in Elder Protection and Montana Mobile Document Shredding held a fundraiser on Saturday in an effort to reverse those statistics. Their mission is to increase awareness of elder abuse in Billings. The event gave the community an opportunity to shred outdated, sensitive, and confidential documents.
"We know that people dig through dumpsters, we know that people dig through trash. The criminal element will do that looking for your personal identifiers. That's why it is important, no matter what your age, especially the elderly, which are a vulnerable group, to make sure they shred their documents so that they're not taken advantage of," said Jessica Fehr, Assistant U.S. Attorney.

 SOURCE:     KULR8
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