When writing a check, signing an important document or anything requiring a date - remember not to abbreviate our current year 2020. Always take the extra second to put 2020.
If you abbreviate the year it would be 20. At the end, someone could easily alter your date and tack on the number 19 and that will be 2019.
There are a lot of scams that can occur - altering checks, contracts you signed, etc.
Source: News
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thanks for this-i would never have thought xx
I agree saw on the news also. I write 2020 on everything that needs 2020. Thank you
I've seen this advice online but I'm not sure how worried to be about it. I think I would only be concerned if I was filling out financial or legal paperwork. Checks too but I don't see where changing the date would be a benefit to anyone.
It's pretty fun to write 2020 so I probably would default to that anyways. :)
Yes, it's pretty fun to write 2020. I find it useful in the work environment to make sure documents are correct, and no one tacks on any # just because. But definitely for important legal documents & what not. Or even handwritten notes/letters.
We went from writing 75-80 checks a month to one a month when I started paying everything on-line and using a debit card for groceries, etc. Now, we even do the church pledge through on-line, since we're still sheltering in place and not going to church.
I figure the books of checks we've got now should last us the rest of our lives.
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