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THE BOTTLE OF WINE Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like a ride. With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car. Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old woman just sat silently, looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to Sally. 'What's in the bag?' asked the old woman. Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, 'It's a bottle of wine. I got it for my husband.' The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said: 'Good trade.....' |
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"Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. The presidency is less an office than a performance."
President Harry Truman
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Destin Richter,
Aventure Technology, Tribal Software, Tribal Court, Tribal Court Software,
Computer Software Services, Microsoft Access Database Design, Satellite Internet
Connection, Native American Tribes, Pueblos Indians, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
Computer Help, Software Help, Computer Support, Software Support, Computer
Services, Access Training, Telephone Support, Computer Guru
Attorney's Advice
1.
The next time you order checks have only your initials (instead of first name)
and last name put on them. If someone takes your checkbook, they will not know
if you sign your checks with just your initials or your first name, but your
bank will know how you sign your checks.
2. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO ID
REQUIRED."
3. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put
the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the last four
numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who
might be handling your check as it passes through all the check-processing
channels will not have access to it.
4. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone.
If you have a PO Box, use that instead of your home address. If you do not have
a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed
on your checks. You can add it if it is necessary. However, if you have it
printed, anyone can get it.
5. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of
each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and
all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the
photocopy in a safe place. Also carry a photocopy of your passport when
traveling either here or abroad. We have all heard horror stories about fraud
that is committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number,
credit cards.
6. When you check out of a hotel that uses cards for keys (and they all seem to
do that now), do not turn the "keys" in. Take them with you and destroy them.
Those little cards have on them all of the information you gave the hotel,
including address and credit card numbers and expiration dates. Someone with a
card reader, or employee of the hotel, can access all that information with no
problem
whatsoever.
Unfortunately, as an attorney, I have first hand knowledge because my wallet was
stolen last month. Within a week, the thieves ordered an expensive monthly cell
phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy
a Gateway computer and received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving
record information online.
Here
is some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or
someone you know:
1. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately.
The key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know
whom to call. Keep those where you can find them.
2. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit
cards, etc. were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and
this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one).
3.
Call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately
to place a fraud alert on your name and Social Security number. The alert
means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and
they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit. By the time I was
advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been
done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves'
purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no
additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this
weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their
tracks.
Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet and
contents being stolen:
Equifax: 1-800-525-6285
Experian: 1-888-397-3742
Trans Union: 1-800-680-7289
Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271
If you are willing to pass this information along, it could really help
someone else.