[105045] in Cypherpunks
RE: Quick, Dear -- Beat Me
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blanc)
Thu Nov 5 00:43:54 1998
From: "Blanc" <blancw@cnw.com>
To: <cypherpunks@algebra.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 21:08:38 -0800
In-Reply-To: <199811041840.NAA00424@mail1.panix.com>
Reply-To: "Blanc" <blancw@cnw.com>
From Duncan Frissell:
: Protection of "victims" won't work if the new number is
: reported to the Big Three credit reporting bureaus.
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I just went to the bank I do business with this week to open a new account.
They wanted my social security number, (which they actually already have on
record), and during a search on her handy database, the Customer Assistance
clerk informed me that there was another person in Florida using the same
number.
I don't presently have a credit card, so I'm not worried about losing any cash
at this time. The clerk gave me a form to send to ChexSystems for a consumer
report and advice to notify the Social Security dept about it. I don't really
want to discuss it with them. Think it would be to my benefit to just leave it
alone? <g> Probbly not.
..
Blanc
