Comments on: How many times do you tear in half junkmail credit card applications to protect yourself from identity theft? http://www.identitytheftinformation.org/how-many-times-do-you-tear-in-half-junkmail-credit-card-applications-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft/ Identity Theft - Keep Your Identity For Yourself Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tammi J http://www.identitytheftinformation.org/how-many-times-do-you-tear-in-half-junkmail-credit-card-applications-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Tammi J Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:39:15 +0000 http://www.identitytheftinformation.org/839/how-many-times-do-you-tear-in-half-junkmail-credit-card-applications-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft/#comment-309 I'd fold it in half first and then tear it four times. However, most of those junk mail form things are already folded in three or four to fit in the prepared envelope in which case I would simply tear it four times. If the pieces are getting thick for the fourth tear just overlap the edges slightly. Don't line the edges up and you'll only have to tear through at one time as thick as you did for the previous tear. The pieces end up quite small and if anyone sees trash which is well ripped like that, they'll surely look for easier targets. If you are used to tearing stuff up this is very quick to do. I’d fold it in half first and then tear it four times. However, most of those junk mail form things are already folded in three or four to fit in the prepared envelope in which case I would simply tear it four times. If the pieces are getting thick for the fourth tear just overlap the edges slightly. Don’t line the edges up and you’ll only have to tear through at one time as thick as you did for the previous tear.

The pieces end up quite small and if anyone sees trash which is well ripped like that, they’ll surely look for easier targets. If you are used to tearing stuff up this is very quick to do.

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