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kath

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11. Yep, right over. Whoosh!!

Reply to Egnever (Reply #8)

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 04:10 AM

Aug 2013

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Your Social Security number contains no Personal Information [View all] cthulu2016 Aug 2013 OP

and since it's government issued usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #1

Or to your medical records. JoePhilly Aug 2013 #20

Fine. evlbstrd Aug 2013 #2

Thanks for the reassurance! MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #3

That scam actually isn't about stealing personal info like SSNs. Nye Bevan Aug 2013 #6

If you need to give them a number LiberalFighter Aug 2013 #34

But I have to help the family of deceased Nigerian President/Head of State Sanni Abacha! NuclearDem Aug 2013 #38

Well if someone is running your name its usually the SS Death Index... Historic NY Aug 2013 #4

More people have my Social Security number than have my phone number. Downwinder Aug 2013 #5

. Egnever Aug 2013 #9

Wrong pipoman Aug 2013 #7

Wouldn't they need a name other than JohnnyRingo? JohnnyRingo Aug 2013 #12

If I were inclined to spend $50, I absolutely pipoman Aug 2013 #19

The argument is ironic, not literal cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #25

I've had my ID borrowed JohnnyRingo Aug 2013 #37

I think this is going over many peoples heads. Egnever Aug 2013 #8

Yep, right over. Whoosh!! kath Aug 2013 #11

And there are places which pipoman Aug 2013 #23

Your Social Security FILE contains your job history.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author dothemath Aug 2013 #14

And whose name do you think would pop up for SSN: 666-66-6666? DeSwiss Aug 2013 #13

Mine? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #15

Dick Cheney? bluedigger Aug 2013 #18

Sadly, it's not a valid SSN Recursion Aug 2013 #24

Pat Robertson, of course. LiberalFighter Aug 2013 #35

My Swedish "Personnummer" California Expat Aug 2013 #16

In my job customerserviceguy Aug 2013 #17

That's a really dumb argument jeff47 Aug 2013 #21

Well, yeah, if I could post it fully anonymously it wouldn't matter at all Recursion Aug 2013 #22

Only because nobody is inclined to spend money pipoman Aug 2013 #26

So what stops them from exploiting numbers they just make up? Recursion Aug 2013 #27

You don't have to pipoman Aug 2013 #32

Right, but just a number, with no ties to me, is the same thing as a number generator Recursion Aug 2013 #33

false! the first 3 numbers represent a geographical area. unblock Aug 2013 #28

Ahem... (the OP says that) cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #29

yes, but without the part about it possibly indicating your birth state or residence zip code area. unblock Aug 2013 #30

the area code is only where the SSN was issued cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #31

it's not foolproof, and it's vague, but it is personal information. unblock Aug 2013 #36