Wilmington – As part of its ongoing efforts to prevent identity theft, the Attorney General’s Office is sponsoring three free community shred events this fall at locations statewide. Each event will feature on-site document shredding, and staff from the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division will be on-hand to provide information and answer questions about identity theft and consumer fraud.  Consumers may bring up to three file-sized boxes of documents; emptied boxes will be immediately returned.

“We’re all vulnerable to being victims of identity theft, but there are some simple steps that consumers can follow to reduce their risk, including removing birthdays and other identifying information from social networking sites, monitoring bank statements and credit reports, and shredding documents with personal information,” Attorney General Biden said.  “I encourage all Delawareans to take advantage of our free shredding events this fall and to contact us to learn more about avoiding identity theft and scams.”

Identity theft can occur in a variety of ways, from email and texting scams, to stealing information from consumers’ social networking profiles, to rummaging through trash for bank statements and documents that contain personal information. Shredding documents before discarding them is one effective method of fighting theft at its source.

Shredding events will take place on the following dates at these locations:

Saturday, October 6th
9 am – 1 pm
Lowe’s/BJ’s parking lot at Peninsula Crossing Shopping Center
Route 113, Millsboro

Saturday, October 20th
9 am – 1 pm
DelDOT Admin Bldg. Parking Lot
Route 113 / Bay Road, Dover

Saturday, November 10th
9 am – 1 pm
William Penn High School Parking Lot
713 E. Basin Road, New Castle

To learn more about protecting yourself from identity theft, call the Attorney General’s Consumer Hotline at 1-800-220-5424 or visit www.attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/consumers.

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