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The Better Business Bureau Canton Region and Greater West Virginia is offering a free community shred & e-cycle event on Saturday, September 28th from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm in the parking lot of St. Michael Angelus Center located at 1225 National Rd, Wheeling, WV 26003.
The event promotes identity theft awareness and fraud protection by providing free on-site document shredding and e-cycling services. Identity theft scams reported to BBB last year show that $936,068,210.84 was lost, with another $119,290,418.00 attempted. Identity theft may take a long time to detect, allowing scammers to inflict substantial damage on assets, credit, and reputation before the victim is able to notice any issues.
Proactively shredding personal documents and properly disposing of electronics are some of the best ways to protect against fraud and identity theft. Businesses and individuals can participate in this community event by bringing documents with personal and financial information to shred, and outdated, unused electronics to properly e-cycle.
Go Shred will be providing the document shredding services and Scrappy Pappy’s will be providing the e-cycling services. Accepted electronics include: Small appliances, batteries, cable, CDs, cell phones, circuit boards, computers, game consoles, ink and toner cartridges, IT equipment, keyboards and mice, laptops, modems, monitors*, MP3 players, phone systems, printers, routers, satellite boxes, servers, speakers, switches, telecom equipment, TV's*, UPS units, video games, and wire.
* $10 fee for all styles
There is no charge for this event other than the fees for certain electronics listed above; however, monetary donations to the BBB Charitable & Educational Fund, Inc. are welcomed and appreciated to continue to provide this service.
This event is sponsored by United Bank.
For more information, visit bit.ly/OHWVSHRED or call the BBB office at 330-454-9401.