Paper shredders have grown significantly in popularity over the last 5 years or so, mainly because of the large increase in consumer (and to a degree, business) fraud. An increasing number of Americans have become victems of one of the most common fraud types - identity theft. Typically, stolen identities start with the scam artist gaining access to paper documents that provide account and address information, social security numbers, dates of birth, and other information that can be used against the consumer.
As a result, an increasing number of consumers are fighting back by purchasing paper shredders for both home and business use. Paper shredders allow the convenient destruction of documents that may otherwise provide problems if they fell into the wrong hands. These include credit card offers received in the mail, bank statements, auto loan statements and others.
Paper shredders bring significant piece of mind in knowing that it is impossible for someone to dig through the trash and somehow find documents that could be used to commit identty theft.
Fellowes PS60C-2 Cross Cut Paper Shredder - This is the paper shredder we use here at Infobeagle, and it is highly recommended by both us and other shoppers at Amazon.com. We have not had any problems with this model, and it shreds paper into very small 1-inch by 1/4-inch slivers. It even cuts credit cards and other thick documents easily.
