Identity Theft-What Can Really be Done w/o a SSN? 533
TheItalianGuy asks: "Many of us that work in the financial sector are bombarded with daily security threats. One of the biggest these days is Identity Theft. My fellow comrades and I have been really grilling each other on differing scenarios on what could be done with what information. However, it all seems to come back the the Social Security Number. Financial companies have other controls in place (customer service verification checking, account passwords, etc) to ensure identification. But in order to be of any use, a bad guy would really need someone's SSN. Absent of that, other information would be useless. Right? That's what I would like to ask Slashdot folks. What could be realistically done with customer information without a SSN? Account numbers, address, maybe a phone or payment amount. Is that really dangerous to the customer if only those get compromised?"
Tons (Score:2, Funny)
What the Navy says about SSNs (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds pretty serious. If you have an SSN, you should definitely not let another person or country get hold of it. Frankly, I'm amazed that anyone in America can get an SSN, but that's liberty for you.
I'm already using a Fake ID with no SS number (Score:4, Funny)
Different Year/Month/Day Born
Different town I was BORN in (yes that was one of the "secret" questions)
Different Mother's Maiden Name (actually I have several of these and rotate them or combine them...)
Different Town and ZipCode where I live
A non-existant Favorite Pet
Same Gender though....
I did sign on to Classmates.com as one of the kids I hated.
I started getting emails from all the girls that would never go out with me in High School!
I couldn't reply though because it was the "free" version of Classmates.com, however, I took comfort knowing the guy I was impersonating could not sign up as himself as I had already taken that position!
karma's a bitch ain't it?
Re:Mine is... (Score:5, Funny)
Customer phone # can get you a lot (Score:1, Funny)
You'd be surprised at what you can get with a phone number.
I speak from experience as everyone knows mine.
Sincerely,
Jenny, 867-5309
Re:Mine is... (Score:3, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm already using a Fake ID with no SS number (Score:1, Funny)
-Digi
Re:credit card info? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:credit card info? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:parent is correct (Score:3, Funny)
Living in a dorm and BUYING SOFTWARE?!?! What kind of fucking fruitcake are you????
You really are sad.
Re:Aggregation Attack (Score:5, Funny)
Because more than zero people are willing to pay $17 for that link?
Welcome to capitalism. Incidentally, could the grandparent poster please send me a copy of his customer list? I've got some excellent opportunities for them in cross-river mass transit real estate...
Re:Considering... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Having Your Identity Stolen Sucks (Score:2, Funny)
Phew, good thing those are hard to come by...