When am I required to provide my Social Security number to a business?
There are a few situations in which you must provide your Social Security (SSN) number to a business, including
Read MoreThere are a few situations in which you must provide your Social Security (SSN) number to a business, including
Read MoreWith Visa and MasterCard, no. They both have rules that limit stores from requiring you to show your ID as a condition of purpose. These rules also make them accept your card even if you refuse to show your ID. Read More
Yes. Many stores do this to help identify patterns of return fraud and abuse. Read More
Yes, but all verifiable sources of income must be considered the same. For example, disability income may not be treated differently from office job income.
Read MoreI am one of Bari Nessel's victims. Read More
Tim recently discovered that he had been a victim of identity theft for quite some time. Through a phone call from Qwest Wireless' fraud department, he was informed that someone had been using his Social Security number, but they were not able to verify his city/zip and date of birth. Read More
Diana has been a victim of check forgery fraud (someone used a computer to create a copy of her checks). They were able to withdraw $6,300 from her checking account to buy a car and apparently had a copy of her signature (she says they were able to make it look like her own hand). Read More
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee,
I am pleased to be in your presence today and I genuinely thank you for the opportunity to elevate the invasive crime known as identity theft. This is a topic that I am unfortunately, intimately familiar with.
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