It's a pain to change out account numbers, especially if you pay bills online or by automatic withdrawal, but banks will usually help with some of that. The activity you need to look for isn't at the bank - though sometimes thieves will wait a month or two and swoop in after the monthly check is deposited. It's the information on the check that thieves use to set up accounts you never see - identity theft. You don't know about the new accounts until the bills aren't paid and it hits your credit score. You know you can get a free credit report from each of the big three credit reporting bureaus; I usually get them one at a time, spaced out through the year. This happened to a friend after her purse was stolen, she decided the checks were okay only to get clobbered a few weeks later by a hefty withdrawal, and the new accounts set up. Because you are the victim of this kind of crime the bureaus will let you choose to add an extra security level and they let you know any time any new activity happens as it happens or will block the establishment of any new accounts.

We're supposed to reach 91^o today, so I need to do my mowing before noon. I also need to set up sprinklers in the vegetable garden. It begins.