Just some good advice not Hep C related....

ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE


Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to
it
someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! A corporate
Attorney
sent the following out to the employees in his company.

1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO ID
REQUIRED."

2. 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 won't have access to it.

3. 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.
(DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have It printed,
anyone can get it.

4. 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. I also carry a Photocopy of my
passport
when I travel either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories
about
fraud that's committed on us in stealing a Name, address, Social
Security
number, credit cards.

Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my
Wallet
was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(S) ordered an
Expensive
monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had A
credit
line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number From DMV
to
change my driving record information online, and more. But here's some
critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or
someone you know:

5. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. But
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.

6. 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).

But here's what is perhaps most important of all: (I never even thought
to
do this.)

7. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations Immediately to
place
a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security fraud line
number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that
called
to tell me an application for credit was made over The Internet in my
name.
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,
etc., has been stolen:

1.) Equifax: 800-525-6285

2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 888-397-3742

3.) Trans Union: 800-6807289

4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line):800-269-0271


If you are willing to pass this information along, it could really help
someone that you care about.

[FlGuy]

8. Buy lemondade from the kid who set up a stand down the street.  But don't drink it.

9. Make sure you don't have toilet paper stuck to your shoe after leaving the bathroom at work.

10. Don't every get a monkey as a pet.

[way]

11. Don't move in with relatives.

[sunspot]

Thanks for the timely information. I lost my wallet 2 weeks ago. I did some of the things on the list but not all.

[slowsouthernstyle]

don't use public toilets
don't go out with holes in your underware
don't talk to strangers
beware of people on the net
lol.slow

[Forseegood]

don't ever kiss someone who just threw up...

[slowsouthernstyle]

don't loan money to relatives.slow

[can-do-man]

Great ones there fl. Just want to add besides the toilet paper in the shoe make sure them paper things you cover the seat with goes with the flow and don't get caught in any cracks. Them things sticking out the back just isn't in style.

[dyce]

Don't go to the grocery store high on pot!!
  Don't kick a sleepin dog!!!
  Don't tell yur wife noooo!!!!!

[Lady E]

don't whizz on the electric fence

[way]

Don't play with matches around flamables AFTER smoking pot.

[GrandOak]

Thanks forseegood, very good advice there.  A few of my own:

DO NOT touch any blood that is not your own without proper protection!!
DO NOT go to a doctor fresh out of school if you have a disease for which there is not sure fire cure!!
DO NOT put straws into your nose!!

and of course the best one yet ..................


DO NOT STICK FRICKIN NEEDLES INTO YOUR ARMS!!

[way]

Here's a good one-- don't say, "I'm leaving this forum!" or "This will be my last post!"

[Morgaina]

Dont date your bosses ex-husband (she pretends I'm invisible)
Dont leave your outside dog inside with a LARGE FULL garbage.eeeeyu
Dont go to a job interview while on treatment.(although there were some funny moments)

[Jeffyboy]

don't go to a fat farm with a box of Jelly donuts

don't call stare at the TV too long especially when watching Rosy Odonell.

[Forseegood]

you too! gonna cuddle up with a bunch of Masterpiece Theatres...

[goldyn]

Never tell a three yrold anything you dont want thier pk teachers and whole class to hear, speaking from a teachers side Ive heard some hum dingers in my 20yrs .....

[ladybug52]

Don't argue with people you have never met
Don't believe you can change a person's beliefs by posting your opinions on a website
Don't leave your dog  INSIDE with a large garbage can while you're at work
Don't stop beleiving in miracles
Don't announce you can't find your keys while you are holding them in you hand

[way]

I never wear sunglasses on top of my head, because then for the next few days it feels like they are still up there.

Have you ever had a pair on your head and also wearing a pair?

[Jeffyboy]

Never post a comment without the expressed written consent of everyone who posts on a hep forum as they type away completely zaney and off the wall comments which help to make me laugh when I should be crying. Thanks you guys are stinking hilarious.

[way]

Your fat farm post was the funniest by far.DUDE!

[ladybug52]

Sorry to steal your comment I first read it "don't leave your dog outside.." I have done that too and come home with a lawn littered with garbage.

[sfbaygirl]

My attorney husband had his wallet stolen a couple of months ago. What a nightmare!!! He read the list and said he did all of it but make copies of his wallet. He did it the next day. He called to get a replacement health card for Alana, my step daughter, and they sent a new one with Alamo as her name. Now of course Healthnet won't pay for anything with Alana on it!

Don't leave several kids to do face painting when you have a migraine of bad sx, in the house or out. I had paint everywhere! I think any art projects are going to have to be when I feel well enough to supervise closely.

Don't drive without a map and phone number on tx.

Lock yourself away from others when Riba rage hits.

[dyce]

Ha lady, is that bay breeze blowin today??

  Some contanqerous thief got the dyce a couple years back, they bought a bunch a stuff off e/bay with my i.d. I was fit to be tied, had a heck of a time gettin outta that mess!!

[dyce]

I think I'll wear a warewolf mask but right before I leave for the treats, I'll take me riba!!Should make for a convincingly mad warewolf, OOOOOOwwhhhhhhhhooooooo!!!!!

[Jeffyboy]

Your right never leave the kids to face paint by them selves especially when you have oil base acrylic paint in the shed.However your kids will match the house quite beautifully.

And the number one thing to never do never give out your social security to the guy at the lottery stand make him guess your lucky number and tell him he's wrong even when he gets it right. And if you end up talking like the two old ladies on the identity theft comercails then chances are you and Jeff Foxworthy are rednecks. Thank you very much and don't hate me because I am young and beautiful and undergoing tx.
                       Jeffy

[sfbaygirl]

Hi Guys, Hope you are all having a good weekend! I have plans to go to a festival with a bunch of kids tonite, luckily I feel good! Just my ol' tired self. Can't wait for Halloween to show off my witch like hair!

I have heard there was going to be wind for days, hasn't been any around here. Those oak leaves are clogging up my pool though. Can man, how are you at unclogging a pump? It is beautiful here, great for a pool party.

You guys should have seen the trouble my husband was in when I sent him down to supervise the clean up of the paint. He says, "OKAY" only to head to his office. These kids had paint on the new beige wall to wall, the oriental carpets, the walls, the doors, railings, patio and table and chairs, the bathroom was a totally different color. The tub is still being scrubbed after weeks. I keep seeing spots of color everywhere I go in the house. OOOOhhhhh you can imagine what I put hubby through, he is still recovering.

[can-do-man]

dyce says,.......... I was fit to be tied, had a heck of a time gettin outta that mess!!

Don't ya just hate it when your wifes plays that trick on you then calls them men in the white coats? You would think after a dozen times we'd learn.

[GoofyDad]

Can man, how are you at unclogging a pump?

Seems only fitting we should ask you the same thing........

[sfbaygirl]

Somehow I KNEW you would jump in and comment on that one!!! I was waiting you goofy guy!