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wrote in message ... MacCandace wrote: I would hope that would not be public information. It certainly shouldn't be. But I think it is... Scarey, isn't it? You know, I heard that when they introduced SS #'s they swore they weren't going to be used for identification.... Alice Yes, it is scary, and the Social Security Administration STILL has a rule that SS is not to be used as indentification. What a laugh! The University where I work requires us to write our SS numbers on every check they cash, and these numbers are readily available to others (starting with the people who handle the checks). Ironically, faculty are not permitted to use any part of SS numbers for grade posting (not even 3 or 4 digits of the number, as we once did), but every university I have ever been associated with uses the number as the "student's ID" and prints them for all faculty, administrators, etc. This is only the tip of the iceberg, of course -- the part that I am most familiar with, but you will also find that stores require SS numbers if you want to open an account and various commercial entities use them for identification. I recently attended a speech given by the director of the local Soc. Sec. office, and he described using SS as identification as one of his "pet peeves." MaryL |
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You can get them for a particular person, but not via free services.
Cross reference, having a number, and finding out what person it belongs to blindly, may not be possible, except for government agencies etc. Call your local credit bureau and ask them if it can be done. (---MIKE---) wrote in message ... Does anyone know a site that would tell me who belongs to a social security number? -MIKE |
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You can get them for a particular person, but not via free services.
Cross reference, having a number, and finding out what person it belongs to blindly, may not be possible, except for government agencies etc. Call your local credit bureau and ask them if it can be done. (---MIKE---) wrote in message ... Does anyone know a site that would tell me who belongs to a social security number? -MIKE |
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"Scott in Aztlan" wrote in message ... On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:41:42 -0400 (EDT), (---MIKE---) wrote: Does anyone know a site that would tell me who belongs to a social security number? Any credit reporting agency (TRW, Equifax, Trans Union, or whatever they're calling themselves these days) could. So could any good private detective. The credit reporting agencies do have access to SS numbers (along with all sorts of other "private" information), but I certainly hope they don't pass these along to just any person who calls and asks for it. On the other hand, it is entirely too easy to gain access to personal information. MaryL |
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"Scott in Aztlan" wrote in message ... On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:41:42 -0400 (EDT), (---MIKE---) wrote: Does anyone know a site that would tell me who belongs to a social security number? Any credit reporting agency (TRW, Equifax, Trans Union, or whatever they're calling themselves these days) could. So could any good private detective. The credit reporting agencies do have access to SS numbers (along with all sorts of other "private" information), but I certainly hope they don't pass these along to just any person who calls and asks for it. On the other hand, it is entirely too easy to gain access to personal information. MaryL |
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You pay the fee, they'll give you the data....
"MaryL" wrote in message The credit reporting agencies do have access to SS numbers (along with all sorts of other "private" information), but I certainly hope they don't pass these along to just any person who calls and asks for it. On the other hand, it is entirely too easy to gain access to personal information. MaryL |
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You pay the fee, they'll give you the data....
"MaryL" wrote in message The credit reporting agencies do have access to SS numbers (along with all sorts of other "private" information), but I certainly hope they don't pass these along to just any person who calls and asks for it. On the other hand, it is entirely too easy to gain access to personal information. MaryL |
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Let me put this thread to rest. It turned out that the SS number in
question turned out to be that of a deceased relative. The whole thing started because of some shares of stock that bore my name but a different SS number. Problem solved! -MIKE |
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Let me put this thread to rest. It turned out that the SS number in
question turned out to be that of a deceased relative. The whole thing started because of some shares of stock that bore my name but a different SS number. Problem solved! -MIKE |
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"---MIKE---" wrote in message
... Let me put this thread to rest. It turned out that the SS number in question turned out to be that of a deceased relative. The whole thing started because of some shares of stock that bore my name but a different SS number. Problem solved! No, the way to put this thread to rest is to tell us HOW you got the number. Well? David |
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