FL: Ft. Lauderdale Dumpster Becomes A Treasure Trove

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://cbs4.com/local/Ft.Lauderdale.Trash.2.655638.html

In the information age, theft has clearly taken on a new meaning, with the 
possession of personal info, credit cards, and social security numbers as 
the key for many high tech crooks to strike it rich. One Ft. Lauderdale 
dumpster proved to be a treasure trove of documents with such 
information--readily available for anyone who passed by--so the police is 
investigating.

Outside a University of Phoenix Building in Ft. Lauderdale, files and 
paperwork belonging to the defunct First Magnus Financial at 550 West 
Cypress Creek Road were just lying inside stacked boxes inside an 
industrial garbage container, available for anyone to peek at. The 
paperwork contains some of the most sensitive information a consumer could 
posses: Social Security numbers, credit card information, addresses, 
properties, etc.

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