One of the women had copies of her DL, credit card, and her actual ss card just lying around. And her birth certificate, so he said she made it easy to steal her identity.
Where is your social security card supposed to be? I've lost my bag/purse/wallet/jacket more often than my place has been broken into. A safe?
We've been told that 90% of the time (this may just be California) if they threaten you with a weapon and ask for stuff -- if you give it up and don't fight, you walk away unhurt. However, if they try and move you
anywhere,
consider your life in jeopardy and act accordingly.
Safe deposit box. You *should* also keep passport and birth certificate, etc there.
That being said, my SS card is in my purse, my birth cert is in an expandable file in the cupboard at home. If someone tries to steal my identity, all they're going to do is improve it so, steal away! I say.
We've been told that 90% of the time (this may just be California) if they threaten you with a weapon and ask for stuff -- if you give it up and don't fight, you walk away unhurt. However, if they try and move you anywhere, consider your life in jeopardy and act accordingly.
That's what I've heard, too.
Makes sense with what I read, ita.
NEVER go to a second scene.
You *should* also keep passport and birth certificate
Meaning I'd need to get to that specific bank during business hours before I could travel?
I'm passport paranoid, but I don't think I would. It doesn't hurt to have a dad in the Foreign Service. Replacements are a little quicker than usual.
My birth cert is tucked inside the book I was reading the last time I got a new passport, I think. And my ss card is crumpled up in a drawer.
Meaning I'd need to get to that specific bank during business hours before I could travel?
Ostensibly, yes.
ETA: This what I've been 'told', not what I think people should do or what I do.
Safe deposit box. You *should* also keep passport and birth certificate, etc there.
SS card and birth certificate I understand, because they're so rarely used. But I can't be arsed to go to the bank every time I want to travel.
