Sometimes it seems nothing is sacred in this life. I was on Facebook a few months ago and got a friend request from an "American soldier". I accepted his friend request and in no time I was getting sweet emails promising me the earth. Gullible as I am, I fell for it, oo an American soldier fighting in Iraq who wants to come to see me. The joy was soon over when I received an email from a "General" who couldn't even spell English asking me to forward money. I was so livid I sent the entire contents of my junk folder to the email address I had been given and the guy was so confused he sent me an apologetic email from Nigeria. Today I read a message from Charli in Edinburgh. Somebody has reposted her photo and details on Facebook using another name.
We can't be too careful about what we put out into cyberspace. Never ever post that you are off on holiday when you go away because the burglars are watching and if you are booking anything online make sure that there is a little security lock on the page when you do.
Being a bag lady I shudder to think what the contents of my handbag would be worth to a mugger so I keep what I can in my pockets. If I am travelling and carrying money my cash is in one of those zip up purses around my waist along with my passport and my address is never anywhere in my bag.
Lets all keep safe folks. Shred your letters before you throw them out and be careful. ID fraud is happening and we can't be too careful.
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