| One of the most notorious cases of identity | | | | All-waste, LLC, a dumpster rental company who |
| theft prosecuted was a case of dumpster | | | | provides dumpster delivery service and |
| diving. Dumpster diving is when someone goes | | | | same-day dumpster pick-up service to |
| through other people's trash looking for | | | | residential, commercial, retail and |
| items they can use or sell. | | | | industrial customers. Sherman has the size, |
| | | | shape and competitive priced dumpster for any |
| In most cases, the dumpsterdiver is looking | | | | size job. Other services include container |
| for clothing or household items, discarded by | | | | service, trash pick-up, hauling rubble, waste |
| others, but useful to them. Some are even | | | | removal and delivery of landscaping supplies |
| looking for food. Most dumpster divers are | | | | including mulch, sod, top-soil, crush |
| harmless; some are homeless and the items | | | | aggregate and more. |
| they're looking for are necessary to their | | | | |
| survival. | | | | Contact: |
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| Then there are the dumpster divers who are | | | | ALL WASTE, LLC |
| desperate; they're hooked on drugs and | | | | |
| looking for whatever they can find to sell | | | | 4751 22 Mile Road |
| and finance their next fix. Back in the | | | | |
| 1990's, Stephen Massey leader of an identity | | | | Shelby Township, MI 48317-1515 |
| theft ring, meth addict and dumpster diver, | | | | |
| stumbled upon the idea of stealing identities | | | | Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm Eastern Time |
| when he found barrels of recycled paper in a | | | | |
| dump. These barrels contained everything he | | | | Monday - Friday (Excluding U.S. holidays) |
| needed including names, addresses, birth | | | | |
| dates and social security numbers. | | | | Phone: 877-524-1002 Fax: 586-254-9936 |
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| Massey and his partner were caught and | | | | Web site: |
| imprisoned in the year 2000. This case led | | | | |
| to certain legislative acts forcing | | | | Email: All Waste services Southeast Michigan, |
| corporations and businesses to handle | | | | including the following counties and cities: |
| personal information more responsibly. Many | | | | |
| use paper shredding services to dispose of | | | | Oakland County |
| paper containing personal and confidential | | | | |
| information on their customers. | | | | --Addison Township, Auburn Hills, Berkley, |
| | | | Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms, Birmingham, |
| Corporations and business handling personal | | | | Bloomfield Township, Clawson, Commerce |
| information with care is good, but people | | | | Township, Farmington, Farmington Hills, |
| need to do this at home as well. Dumpster | | | | Ferndale, Franklin, Hazel Park, Highland |
| divers also go through trashcans; many have | | | | Township, Holly, Holly Township, Huntington |
| the trash pick-up routes down pat and their | | | | Woods, Independence Township, Keego Harbor, |
| own schedules as to when they'll be in each | | | | Lathrup Village, Lyon Township, Madison |
| neighborhood. | | | | Heights, Milford, Milford Township, |
| | | | Northville, Novi, Oak Park, Oakland Township, |
| Office supply stores sell small paper | | | | Orchard Lake, Orion Township, Oxford |
| shredders for homeowners as well as larger, | | | | Township, Pleasant Ridge, Pontiac, Rochester, |
| commercial grade shredders for businesses. | | | | Rochester Hills, Royal Oak, |
| Very soon, paper shredders will be as common | | | | |
| of a household item as the microwave oven. | | | | Southfield, South Lyon, Troy, Walled Lake, |
| | | | Waterford Township, West Bloomfield Township, |
| People should be using care when throwing out | | | | White Lake Township, Wixom |
| junk mail, especially those annoying | | | | |
| pre-approved credit card and mortgage loan | | | | Wayne County |
| letters which many people just throw out | | | | |
| without opening. These are a great commodity | | | | --Belleville, Brownstown Township, Canton |
| to the identity thief; just what they need to | | | | Township, Dearborn, Dearborn |
| get started in business. | | | | |
| | | | Heights, Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe |
| In addition to identity theft, dumpster | | | | Woods, Hamtramck, Inkster, Livonia, |
| divers also pose a liability risk to business | | | | Northville Township, Plymouth, Redford |
| owners who have dumpsters. Most dumpster | | | | Township, Riverview, Romulus, Taylor, |
| rental services provide dumpsters that can be | | | | Trenton, Wayne, |
| locked at night. | | | | |
| | | | Westland, Wyandotte. |
| This article was written by Sherman Rogers of | | | | |