A: Social Security numbers were first issued in November 1936. To date, over 420 million different numbers have been issued.
Posted on 12/03/2010 12:32:24 PM PST by businessprofessor
Whoops. I missed the “used to say” in your post. Sorry.
If I have the legitimate number and someone else has it falsely do their earning accrue to my gain when my SS benefits are calculated?
Daughter’s ex-boyfriend found out some Asian lady was using his SSN when he applied to rent an apartment. But he didn’t think it was any big deal, didn’t see there was any way he could get hurt by it, so he never did anything about it. I was SO glad when she finally kicked him to the curb...
Each year I get a statement from Social Security listing my social security wages for the past years. Don't the people who have dopplegangers using their social security number notice that these figures don't look right and don't add up?
The report on Fox News an hour ago said, "NO." Privacy issues, you know.
No, not you, silly, the criminal using your number! He/she/its privacy is protected by law.
It would be educational to ask your congresscritter why this is so...
I know an illegal immigrant used my SSN, but not my name, to get into a college in Oregon. Probably never actually went and just took the federal grants and student loans.
A: Social Security numbers were first issued in November 1936. To date, over 420 million different numbers have been issued.
It’s even easier than that. http://www.search-ssn.com lets you search by number, or by state.
I was always amazed they didn’t go this a more complicated scheme from the start. Perhaps including letters and symbols as well as a longer string.
Ping!
I believe currently no SSNs start with 7s or 8s or 9s. . .I could be wrong. . .
I went to the website, didn’t type in my SSN but looked at their lists. They said my number was from New Mexico which isn’t true as I was born in a different state. It looked like a scam website to me to maybe pick up numbers from the unwary.
I would love it if somebody used mine...notta lot in it and I’ll never collect!
Wrong - that statement is for only your name.
Flap a couple of years ago. Collection agency was hitting up a lady in the North/West somewhere over purchases in another state. Tied to her by her Social Security Number.
She tried to go through the SS Admin. to find out who it was. They would not tell her because of privacy issues.
They don’t care as long as money is coming in.
I'm sure many who were involved with cooking this
had a good idea where it could go.
I'm still a little surprised they didn't make people
tattoo on the body somewhere.
I mean they were statists.
How do you know?
Because I also went to a college in Oregon and when I applied my SSN was already taken by someone with a different name in the Oregon college systems database.
Ended up having to bring my original documentation (SSN card, birth certificate) in person to prove my SSN was mine and I was me for admissions.
They wouldn’t tell me the other person’s name, but the registrar said “yet another illegal going to school on someone else’s SSN” like it happens frequently.
I used to think it was great when someone “contributed” to my account. I have since learned that unless the contributor uses my name it goes into the “general” fund.
Sorry, I can not provide my source.
And if the name is thought to be an illegal from Mexico, those funds are transferred from the general fund to...Mexico.
The earnings of someone else does not go on your account. It is stated in the article.
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