Merry happy holiday season to you all:
My gift to you, this year is protection.
***listens to the mumbling voices***
Uh…no. I don’t mean ‘mango-flavored condoms’.
P.R.O.T.E.C.T.I.O.N. AS IN PROTECTING YOUR CREDIT.
(good, I got your attention……)
For those of you who still write those things called ‘checks’, pull out your check book and look at one of the checks.
See that series of numbers along the bottom of your check? Yeah. That coding is what the bank needs to process your check.
I bet all of you know when you write a check and make an error, you write VOID across the signature line of your check before you throw it away. I bet many of you also tear the check up. Right? Am I right?
And, I’m certain that everybody knows – when you lose your check book, or you mail a check that never gets there, you protect yourself by calling the bank and having payment stopped on that [those] checks.
Right? Problem solved? Right?
No, my dearest writers. I want you to take a look at this convenient piece of technology
http://www.staples.com/Checksoft-Home-Business/product_715049?cmArea=SEARCH
You never need to order checks again, with this handy software. Yep. I use it at work. So easy…so simple...so…..
::AHEM::
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS:
All a ‘prankster’ need to do is intercept a check you’ve mailed [voided, and/or trashed], copy it to get that critical coding information at the bottom, and then let it continue on its journey.
They can then create your checks, make them payable to themselves, and cash them hundreds…or even thousands of miles from where you are.
You can’t do much about checks you send to a legitimate vendor, but, if it takes more than 10 days to arrive, you may have a problem.
Any checks you trash, for any reason, should have that coding cut out or blacked out before you trash it.
I, personally, tear off and flush the coding. And I avoid writing checks with a passion.
This has been a public service announcement from Jaycinth
Bending over backwards to make you laugh since 2005.
Don’t forget to back up your work.
My gift to you, this year is protection.
***listens to the mumbling voices***
Uh…no. I don’t mean ‘mango-flavored condoms’.
P.R.O.T.E.C.T.I.O.N. AS IN PROTECTING YOUR CREDIT.
(good, I got your attention……)
For those of you who still write those things called ‘checks’, pull out your check book and look at one of the checks.
See that series of numbers along the bottom of your check? Yeah. That coding is what the bank needs to process your check.
I bet all of you know when you write a check and make an error, you write VOID across the signature line of your check before you throw it away. I bet many of you also tear the check up. Right? Am I right?
And, I’m certain that everybody knows – when you lose your check book, or you mail a check that never gets there, you protect yourself by calling the bank and having payment stopped on that [those] checks.
Right? Problem solved? Right?
No, my dearest writers. I want you to take a look at this convenient piece of technology
http://www.staples.com/Checksoft-Home-Business/product_715049?cmArea=SEARCH
You never need to order checks again, with this handy software. Yep. I use it at work. So easy…so simple...so…..
::AHEM::
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS:
All a ‘prankster’ need to do is intercept a check you’ve mailed [voided, and/or trashed], copy it to get that critical coding information at the bottom, and then let it continue on its journey.
They can then create your checks, make them payable to themselves, and cash them hundreds…or even thousands of miles from where you are.
You can’t do much about checks you send to a legitimate vendor, but, if it takes more than 10 days to arrive, you may have a problem.
Any checks you trash, for any reason, should have that coding cut out or blacked out before you trash it.
I, personally, tear off and flush the coding. And I avoid writing checks with a passion.
This has been a public service announcement from Jaycinth
Bending over backwards to make you laugh since 2005.
Don’t forget to back up your work.
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When I take a check in at work sometimes it really does feel exactly like those Visa commercials from awhile back...
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