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Identity theft.(your letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Your article on ID theft in the October issue was excellent. An individual's driver's license is one of the most obvious sources of a name, Social Security number, date of birth, and address. I counsel my clients to have the state registry change their driver's license number from the Social Security number to a randomly assigned registry number. This is available in Massachusetts and other states.
ROBLEE A. HOFFMAN
PERSONAL FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR
LEXINGTON, MA
Your report on ID theft was right or target. For several years I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to have our NY politicians make it so that Social Security numbers are not in the public domain. If you go online and type "genealogy" and a last name, for example, you get lots of information about deceased individuals, including Social Security numbers. At the state level, I was told ...
- Social Security Extends Program to Cut ID Theft.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 10, 2005 700+ words
...lobbied for the Social Security Administration...is has stunted ID theft in the mortgage...meeting with the Social Security Administration...the problem of ID theft." The result...system with the Social Security Administration...
- Potential source of ID theft: Court records: Files have Social Security numbers...
- News wire article from: Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC ) January 22, 2006 700+ words
...North Carolina's ID-theft law: -- Mecklenburg...documents that contain Social Security numbers of surviving...records" and remove Social Security numbers, said...who sponsored the ID-theft law. Court clerks...arrested members of an ID-theft ring in ...
- Raids show spread of ID theft: Stolen Social Security numbers helped thwart...
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) December 14, 2006 700+ words
...in Bloomington. The use of real Social Security numbers and birth certificates...called Basic Pilot, matches Social Security numbers with names. The system will detect a phony Social Security number or a name that doesn't...
- Hot on the ID Theft Trail: Will the Real Jane Doe Stand Up?(social security...
- Magazine article from: Bank Technology News Sraeel, Holly February 1, 2005 700+ words
...else's tab is to do so with a social security number, a nine digit number that...growing problem on-line, not ID theft.) A recent report issued by the...most vexing identity theft, the social security number is swiped, but a different...
- Madera man accused of ID theft: Woman in Texas discovered her Social Security...
- News wire article from: Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) January 5, 2007 700+ words
...since 2002, using a Texas woman's Social Security number. Madera County deputies arrested...that she didn't qualify because her Social Security number showed that she had been earning...whether or not it's actually her Social Security," Stuart said about the woman...
- ID-theft bill now includes Pima: Plan would remove Social Security info from...
- Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) June 18, 2007 700+ words
...Scarpinato Jun. 18--PHOENIX -- The Social Security numbers of Pima County residents will...requires all county recorders to redact Social Security numbers from documents available online...cost $1.4 million to clean the Social Security numbers out of the online system...
- ID theft risk has portion of state Web site offline: Officials aim to guard...
- News wire article from: Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA) March 23, 2007 700+ words
...that made available individuals' Social Security numbers. Bowen said in a statement...Commercial Code documents contain Social Security numbers -- potential targets for...making available documents containing Social Security numbers. Meanwhile, Jones charged...
- ID theft is the No. 1 runaway U.S. crime.
- Newspaper article from: Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) May 3, 2006 700+ words
...accounts and Social Security numbers. According...the 7 million ID theft victims of...counterfeit checks, Social Security cards, driver...the victim of ID theft twice in recent...percent of Social Security-related ID theft cases involve...
- Tulsa World, Okla., Action Line column: How to avoid becoming a victim of ID...
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) December 13, 2006 700+ words
...9 million Americans were ID-theft victims last year. The average...driver's licenses and Social Security numbers. How ID theft works: Identity thieves use...additional credit cards, your Social Security card, or your passport...
- It's everywhere these days, but there are ways to lower risk of ID theft.
- Newspaper article from: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA) April 1, 2005 700+ words
...about revealing Social Security numbers. But did you know ID theft experts also say...month, 32,000 Social Security numbers were stolen...caregiver asks for a Social Security number, don...she said. ID theft also is becoming...
