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The Federal Trade Commission "Red Flag Rules" for identity theft. Some excerpts:

2. Suspicious Documents.

Sometimes paperwork has the telltale signs of identity theft. Here are examples of red flags involving documents:

• identification that looks altered or forged

• the person presenting the identification doesn’t look like the photo or match the physical description

• information on the identification that differs from what the person presenting the identification is telling you or doesn’t match with other information, like a signature card or recent check

• an application that looks like it’s been altered, forged, or torn up and reassembled

3. Suspicious Personal Identifying Information.

Identity thieves may use personally identifying information that doesn’t ring true. Here are some red flags involving identifying information:

• inconsistencies with what else you know – for example, an address that doesn’t match the credit report, the use of a Social Security number that’s listed on the Social Security Administration Death Master File or a number that hasn’t been issued, according to the monthly issuance tables available from the Social Security Administration1

• inconsistencies in the information the customer has given you – say, a date of birth that doesn’t correlate to the number range on the Social Security Administration’s issuance tables

• an address, phone number, or other personal information that’s been used on an account you know to be fraudulent a bogus address, an address for a mail drop or prison, a phone number that’s invalid, or one that’s associated with a pager or answering service

• a Social Security number that’s been used by someone else opening an account

• an address or telephone number that’s been used by many other people opening accounts

• a person who omits required information on an application and doesn’t respond to notices that the application is incomplete

• a person who can’t provide authenticating information beyond what’s generally available from a wallet or credit report – for example, a person who can’t answer a challenge question

Cite: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/idtheft/bus23.pdf

[Uncle Chip]

They forgot one Red Flag Rule:

+ a person occupying the Oval Office who has spent $1.7 million dollars to keep from having to show his birth certificate.

[Upstate NY Guy]

Are you sure that is not Obama’s resume?