How do I check to see if someone is using my Social Security number?
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How do I check to see if someone is using my Social Security number?
To see if your Social Security number is being used by someone else for employment purposes, review your Social Security Statement at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount to look for suspicious activity. Finally, you’ll want to use additional scrutiny by regularly checking your bank and credit card accounts online.
How are the first 3 digits of your Social Security number determined?
The first three (3) digits of a person’s social security number are determined by the ZIP Code of the mailing address shown on the application for a social security number. The number merely established that his/her card was issued by one of our offices in that State.
What do the last four digits of SSN mean?
Serial Number
What can a scammer do with the last 4 digits of your social?
The last four digits of your Social Security number are especially important. Be sure to protect them well. By obtaining your Social Security number, identity thieves have the easiest path to the greatest damage: stealing your money and government benefits. Getting medical care and other services in your name.
Does your social security number tell where you were born?
The nine-digit SSN, which has been issued in more than 400 million different sequences, is divided into three parts: area numbers, group numbers and serial numbers. For many of us who received our SSNs as infants, the area number indicates the state we were born in.
Who had the first Social Security number?
John D. Sweeney, Jr.
Can a social security number start with 00?
SSA will not issue SSNs with the number “00” in positions 4 – 5. SSA will not issue SSNs with the number “0000” in positions 6 – 9.
