this is a friendly reminder from a child with aging parents.
I just hung up the phone after talking with my Mom. Mom is 71 and had her purse stolen at the big box store yesterday as she was loading her packages in her car.
Inside she had her social security card, drivers license, check book and every credit card she possessed (but hardly ever used.) plus cell phone etc.
A perfect bag of stuff for someone to steal her identity.
After call CC companies, Bank etc, this morning we are collecting numbers to report to the credit bureaus and place credit holds in case anyone tries to open new accounts as my Mom. What a mess!!!
So my advise to any of you who have older parents, Ask them where they keep their SS card and all those CC cards they probably only use once in a blue moon. Explain about the dangers of keeping that stuff in their wallet/purse and get them to take it out and put it in a safe place. If they think they need it along with them, it may be better to lock in in the glove box than have it in their wallet or purse.
and I thought my gray hair was only from my kids.
But we love them anyway.
I just hung up the phone after talking with my Mom. Mom is 71 and had her purse stolen at the big box store yesterday as she was loading her packages in her car.
Inside she had her social security card, drivers license, check book and every credit card she possessed (but hardly ever used.) plus cell phone etc.
A perfect bag of stuff for someone to steal her identity.
After call CC companies, Bank etc, this morning we are collecting numbers to report to the credit bureaus and place credit holds in case anyone tries to open new accounts as my Mom. What a mess!!!
So my advise to any of you who have older parents, Ask them where they keep their SS card and all those CC cards they probably only use once in a blue moon. Explain about the dangers of keeping that stuff in their wallet/purse and get them to take it out and put it in a safe place. If they think they need it along with them, it may be better to lock in in the glove box than have it in their wallet or purse.
and I thought my gray hair was only from my kids.
But we love them anyway.