I told her I didnt want to give her my social, so I ended up getting 2 money orders for $600 dollars a piece. She then didnt need my social security #, whats up with that?
2007-11-23 06:37:59 · 7 answers · asked by clickey 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It's perfectly legal for her to ask. But it is perfectly legal for you not to give it, so its not that big a deal.
Basically the place you got it from is just looking for more security in making sure you didn't steal the money and are attempting to launder it. The rule they went with is that for a certain amount of money ($600 appears to be within that set amount), it is probably too small to be a criminal operation and that you must be legit. At a certain amount ($1200 appears to be in that set of numbers), it might be a criminal situation and needs extra checking.
Providing your SS# would allow them to help the police track you down if it had turned out to be illegal.
Basically the two money orders thing was a bending of the rules by the clerk. Someone going for two money orders of that magnitude should probably have raised a red flag as well. But, she probably never had the reason explained to her, so she did not see a problem in doing it in that way.
2007-11-23 06:50:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some states its clearly against the law. In any state I would contact the State Attorney Generals office and under no circumstances give it to them. Pay the fee for the money order at the post office. Who knows the money order may have been a fraud too!
2016-04-05 05:01:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, she does not need your SS#. She DOES need photo identification, issued by a state agency (such as a driver's license). NO ONE but the IRS and the Social Security Administration can require you to give your SS#. NO ONE. They MUST take an alternate form of identification, and can indeed require that it be issued by a state agency. They MUST provide you with an alternative ID# for their records. The reason she asked for it is because of new Anti-Terror regulations.
2007-11-23 06:55:03 · answer #3 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The IRS requires any money order purchase over $1000 be recorded and reported. It supposedly helps them find money launderers and tax cheats.
2007-11-23 06:49:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some strange regulations regarding money transfers these days what with homeland security issues and money laundering from drug operations. You "might" have run afoul of one of those.
2007-11-23 06:50:08 · answer #5 · answered by justme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you ask her why she needed to know?
2007-11-23 06:42:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need that number to give to people, thats why you have it
2007-11-23 06:41:50 · answer #7 · answered by Deitrick 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋