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(Making you key it in serves as an added security measure to foil a thief who doesn't know the numbers.) But it's usually unnecessary at brick-and-mortar stores, so just say no. And your ZIP code certainly shouldn't be posted on social media or other public websites.

Why Stores Want Your Zip Code Stores want your ZIP code because, combined with your name from your credit card, they can use it to find out other information about you from commercial databases, like your full mailing address. They may even sell the information to data brokers, who sell it to other marketers.

(Making you key it in serves as an added security measure to foil a thief who doesn't know the numbers.) But it's usually unnecessary at brick-and-mortar stores, so just say no. And your ZIP code certainly shouldn't be posted on social media or other public websites.

In Excel 2003, select Insert menu > PCMILER Location Lookup2026, then enter a city/state (example: 'Montreal, QC') and click Lookup. All postal codes will be listed for the entered location. Click OK to close the dialog (the selected code won't be entered, this must be done manually).

With a name and address, a thief can change your address via U.S. Postal Service and redirect mail to their address of choice, Velasquez says. With access to your financial mail, the thief may intercept bank statements and credit card offers or bills, then order new checks and credit cards.

Alone, your ZIP code might not be of much value all by itself, but criminals will take that information and post it on underground sites where they buy, sell and trade bunches of personal information. From those sites, criminals can purchase enough of your personal information to use it for fraud.

To extract the codes, we start by entering the RIGHT formula in the cell where we would like our zip codes to appear.Like it's opposite number, LEFT, the RIGHT formula directs Excel to count the number of characters in a text string from the right (or left, with LEFT).