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How
to Get a Human On the Telephone
 Do
you hate to make telephone calls to businesses? It's
a nightmare when machines are used as an answering
service. Pressing buttons and waiting for thirty minutes
or more is a real problem.
Before
making your next business call, visit www.gethuman.com/us.
On this website, you may find the code to go straight
to a person on the phone. I have this site
bookmarked on my computer.
Reporting
ID Theft or Credit Fraud
Reporting
ID Theft or Credit Fraud: Equifax (800) 525-6285 Experian
(formerly TRW) (800) 301-7195 Trans Union (800) 680-7289
Social Security Administration fraud line (800) 269-0271
Federal Trade Commission ID Theft Hotline (877) 438-4338
The FTC now has an ID Theft website which provides
guidelines for victims of identity theft: http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/recovering_idt.html
Check
Your Kids' Jewelry for Lead
Neurological
problems can develop in young children if exposed
to lead. Some problems that may develop are attention
span, perception/motor development, IQ, speech and
language processing.
Very
often, children's jewelry is made of lead. Watch for
dull grey looking metal or jewelry that seems heavy
for their size, jewelry made of metal that you can
write with or bright colored (especially orange and
red) jewelry and soft plastics. Hardware stores sell
kits that you may purchase to test for lead in toys
and jewelry.
Read
the Consumer Tips each month on Baltimore Knows.
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