{"id":132201,"date":"2020-01-08T01:20:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T01:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=132201"},"modified":"2020-01-08T01:20:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T01:20:49","slug":"avoid-being-scammed-dont-abbreviate-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/avoid-being-scammed-dont-abbreviate-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Being Scammed: Don\u2019t Abbreviate \u20182020\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you usually date signed documents as \u201c1\/7\/20,\u201d make it \u201c1\/7\/2020.\u201d Empty space behind the first \u201c20\u201d makes it easy for scammers to change document dates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2013 Security officials are warning consumers not to abbreviate \u201c2020\u201d in official documents. They say the shorter \u201c20\u201d can make it easy for scammers to commit forgery. They say the abbreviation makes it easy for scammers to change out the numbers on paperwork. For example, if you write a date like \u201c1\/3\/20,\u201d scammers could change it to \u201c1\/3\/2000\u201d or 1\/3\/2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instead, write out the full year as \u201c1\/3\/2020\u201d or, better yet, write out the name of the month as well to read \u201cJanuary 3, 2020.\u201d<\/strong> It \u201ccould possibly protect you and prevent legal issues on paperwork,\u201d Dusty Rhodes, a Hamilton County, Ohio, auditor told the USA Today Network.<\/p>\n<p>Why would scammers change a date? They could seek to establish an unpaid debt or attempt to cash an old check.<\/p>\n<p>Police departments across the country have urged the public to write out the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThis is very sound advice and should be considered when signing any legal or professional document,\u201d the East Millinocket Police Department in Maine wrote in a Facebook post. \u201cIt could potentially save you some trouble down the road.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: \u201cStop Abbreviating 2020. Police Say it Leaves You Open to Fraud and Could Cost You Big,\u201d USA Today Network (Jan. 2, 2020)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you usually date signed documents as \u201c1\/7\/20,\u201d make it \u201c1\/7\/2020.\u201d Empty space behind the first \u201c20\u201d makes it easy for scammers to change document dates. NEW YORK \u2013 Security officials are warning consumers not to abbreviate \u201c2020\u201d in official documents. 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