[Vision2020] Pre Approved Credit and Insurance Opt Out

[joekc at adelphia.net]

Thank you very much, Rep. Trail, for this information!

I noticed, though, that there are only nine numbers after the 1. Are there supposed to be three 8's or just the two?

Joe Campbell

---- Tom Trail <ttrail at moscow.com> wrote: 
> Visionaries:
> 
> This past summer I attended a national meeting on Victim Identify Theft.  One
> of the problems outlined was the stealing of pre approved credit and insurance
> applications from mailboxes.  The information was then used to steal 
> one's identity.
> 
> There is a phone number in D.C. that one can call to opt out of all 
> pre approved credit and insurance type applications.  The number if 
> 1-88-5-OPTOUT  or 678688
> I called in last August and have not received a single piece in the mail.  We
> did not call in for my wife and she still gets 2-3 a week.  This might be a
> useful piece of information.
> 
> Rep. Tom Trail
> -- 
> Dr. Tom Trail
> International Trails
> 1375 Mt. View Rd.
> Moscow, Id. 83843
> Tel:  (208) 882-6077
> Fax:  (208) 882-0896
> e mail ttrail at moscow.com
> 
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