The United Kingdoms fraud prevention service CIFAS announced a gain of 32 per cent in the amount of identity thefts carried out during the recession. Among the more common types of fraud is criminals adopting the running of a victim’s bank or building society account.
Although this tendency can be a pain for tenants or people who experience piles of post intended for former tenants, more worryingly, documents left behind can be used to perpetrate identity fraud.When moving out, tenants should be advised to redirect post at the very least for a month and once moving out at the end of the end of their occupancy, to avoid the impulse to throw out individual documents with the rubbish as criminals often use this data and information to steal their identity. Instead, all documents that are needed no more needed should be shredded or even better burnt.
Almost 25% of people who move properties in the UK fail or forget to redirect their mail (which can be from only £7.64 a month check out the royal mail site on http://bit.ly/3kQu4) and over one in ten leave personal documents behind when they move property. 70% of new occupiers receive post addressed to previous occupants. When it is so cheap to redirect your mail why wouldn’t you arrange it compared the th other cost attached to moving and the possible costs and difficulties incurred if someone does steal you identity! especially the time and inconvenience of making calls and cancelling card, the list goes on. You know it makes sense. REDIRECT YOUR MAIL WHEN MOVING HOME. You can also notify numerous services, such as banks and phone providers all at once by a useful site called www.iammoving.com/
