Business Tips to avoid Identity theft issues

Read the FTC Business alert!

• If your business accepts credit card orders, attempt to verify an address where a product is to be shipped, even if it means a simple Internet search for those large dollar orders. Our Department has taken numerous complaints involving out of state businesses becoming victims they sent their product to an address of a hotel or office complex where the thief meets the delivery driver in the parking lot; the product is gone and it is later found out that the credit card is stolen

For more information, you can visit the Federal Trade Commissions website at www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/business/data.shtm

Please Note: Businesses cannot be victims of Identity Theft. If a crime occurred involving a business name or information, such as a business check that has been counterfeited and cashed, please report the incident to the appropriate law enforcement agency who has jurisdiction where the crime occurred (in this example, it would be where the counterfeit check was uttered or cashed).