[Jewelry making - Article 00237] - [Orchid] SSN and security

[Judy Willingham]

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Was: "Whether or not to get a tax id"

Hello Orchidland,

    John Sexton's discussion reminded me of an interesting situation. In
    the U.S.A. employers collect with-holding and pay social security
    taxes to the federal government - obviously every employee's SSN is
    on file with the payroll department. 

    In this telling, the payroll clerk in a law firm had applied for a
    credit card using his/her name and billing address, but using one of
    the lawyer's salary (& SSN) to support financial credibility. From
    that point on, the credit card bought all sorts of luxury items, the
    bill was delivered to the clerk's home address, and the clerk paid
    the minimum required each month. The fraud was not discovered until
    the lawyer was qualifying for a home mortgage, and was turned down
    due the huge amount of credit card debt revealed by the credit check. 

    Whether the story is true or not (and I'm someone will pipe up if it
    is not), it's an unexpected type of identity theft.

Judy in Kansas, who is becoming paranoid now


 
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