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Credit card fraud is as easy as filling out a fraudulent looking application

In addition to my post yesterday about was driving, I thought it would be fun to post some of the more ridiculous things I have seen that related to stealing credit cards and identities. 

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think identity theft and fraud is a laughing matter, but when you can’t even trust a major credit card company the only other choice is to cry.

Apparently this guy from cockeyed.com went through with an experiment called “The Torn-Up Credit Card Application” The results are both laughable and terrifying.

I received this email from a co-worker, and then checked out the site:

“This guy received an unsolicited pre-approved credit card application in the mail, and put it through its paces:

1.  He tore it up into little pieces
2.  He re-taped up all the pieces
3.  He completed the form with some exceptions
 3a. He filled in a different mailing address (Parents)
 3b. He used his cell phone number
4.  He mailed it in
5.  Weeks later his father called to inform him his $5000 limit Credit Card had arrived.

This could have been anyone going through his garbage and tapping the application back together.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

This alone is reason enough to SHRED all applications you receive in the mail, and ANYTHING sensitive that you want to get rid of.”

You may also want to check out this news article on ABC’s website written last June.   http://abcnews.go.com/Business/FinancialSecurity/story?id=793760&page=1

Take what you will from this, but I’m buying a new propane torch for my paper shredding from now on!

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