I recently found out that my soc. sec. # and the #'s of lots of other people had been left in an abandoned building in my town. The man who did our taxes passed away, and our numbers have been floating around for anyone to view. How can these numbers be used to find out personal info. on me, such as banking info, salary, or any other personal info?
2006-10-02 16:08:39 · 8 answers · asked by twinsmom 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
with a name, a birthdate, and a social, i can BE you.
2006-10-02 16:16:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A social security number by itself is pretty useless, as you need to know how to look up the information that is associated with it.
However, if I have your name and social security number, I can do a "credit pull" on you - that is, get a copy of your credit report.
This will give me account information for all your open accounts - who they are with, how much you owe or have in them, etc.
With a membership on "Ancestry.Com" I can then use your name to find your date of birth and if I have your taxe records, I've got enough to go on to assume your identity.
I can then take out loans, get official IDs made, even get a new social security card with enough patience.
So where is this trove of information?
2006-10-02 23:27:21 · answer #2 · answered by jbtascam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your name, birthdate, and social security are all available together, your identity can be stolen. You need to find out who was responsible for cleaning out his office and find out whether the forms were shredded or not.
If you can't do that, request your credit report. Do it every three months for the next two years. Contact all the major credit companies and let them know your identity has been stolen and they are to deny any new credit cards in your name.
2006-10-02 23:19:48 · answer #3 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
often times your social security number is a automatic password to acess credit accounts. Usually with the last four digits of your social and your zip code, companies will tell you anything about someone. I know cuz I have handled a lot of financial stuff for a friend of mine. Usually they just ask you to give them your name...as if you couldn't make one up.
2006-10-02 23:18:15 · answer #4 · answered by eyellnevrtell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not sure but i think they can use your soc. sec # to steal your identity making it possible to access your personal info. everyone in the us is assigned a personal soc soc # so it's like your human ID...
2006-10-02 23:17:19 · answer #5 · answered by starlove2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your SSN is needed to open bank accounts, pay taxes, your employer needs it to pay your salary, deduct taxes, SDI, social security. Just about anything financial you need you SSN.
2006-10-02 23:18:43 · answer #6 · answered by Kainoa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are evil!
Just get a free credit report, and they will send it to you addy, which in the credit report will tell everything that you own, owe and everything else.
2006-10-02 23:16:54 · answer #7 · answered by michael p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ARE YOU KIDDING??????? Your social security # are like your fingerprints. EVERYTHING you've done in life so far is connected with you ssn. I MEAN ALLLLL INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED.
2006-10-02 23:17:13 · answer #8 · answered by Aine14 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋