KGVY Radio, Tuesday February 19, 2008

Green Valley Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers

Carol Roskey

Identity theft can have many consequences. One Green Valley resident had her wages garnished by the state of Arizona for $600 in taxes that were due. Someone had filed a tax return in her name and social security number. Our caller had received income considerably less that that reported on the Arizona return. The filer also filed a federal return for which they received a $1000 refund. Our caller suspected a former roommate of filing the return. Keep your personal records in a secure place at home, especially if you have roommates, employ outside help, or are having work done in your house. Shred financial documents and paperwork with personal information before you discard them. A shredder is cheap compared to a stolen identity.

A Green Valley resident reported to SAV that she had received two telephone calls saying she was a Readers Digest winner and he had $55,000 for her. When she asked him to mail it he said he wanted to deliver in person. At that point, our GV resident hung up. Be sure not to give out personal information to telephone callers that you do not know even if they seem to represent a responsible company or financial institution.

A gentlemen in Green Valley reported to SAV that when he went outside to retrieve his newspaper, he noticed a for foot sego palm was missing from a container at the corner of the garage. A trail of dirt went down the driveway to the street where it abruptly ended.

Three SAV individuals were given awards for the number of volunteer hours worked: Art Anderson, 1,000 hours, John Isgrig 3,000 hours, and Pat Signoretti 13,000 hours.