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How to destroy a credit card securely

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To be sure the information on your old credit card won't fall into the wrong hands, WalletPop says you need more than a couple of cuts to prevent identity theft.
http://www.walletpop.com/credit/credit-cards/article/6-ways-to-destroy-a...



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Re: How to destroy a credit card securely

One time i accidentally used my expired credit card in the ATM machine and the machine chewed it up.
Was concerned about the security issue so asked the guy at the counter and he confirmed that the ATM machine actually shreds it up there and then.

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Re: How to destroy a credit card securely

ATMs must have changed then.  My sister worked in a bank and she said that the cards will drop into a box inside the ATM for staff to retrieve and then destroy them by putting them through a shredder.



When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a rose with the other.