I had a phone call this afternoon from "Kim Marie" who was looking for a local notary who could notarize her signature and witness the mailing of a certified envelope.

O.k., certified envelopes are just that - you have proof it was mailed. The kicker was that she wanted to use MY PO box as the return address and was going to pay me $30 per transaction, and I would cover the postage.

I don't know what I was thinking when I agreed to this, but after an hour or so I went "wait a minute, using MY PO Box return address?" Something didn't sound right so I called her back and asked for more information on what was being mailed "1099 papers." Uh-huh. I asked for more clarification, was told the phone was breaking up, and she disconnected.

Whew! That was close!

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Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC
Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"