Joyce, The reason would be so that they appeared to be naturalized or native born citizens, rather than illegal alliens. I think that you are saying that using the Soc Sec number of another person was not necessarily meant to defraud the specific person whose SS # they used. That may be the case, but it is still fraud against that individual and the government. B Wrdsrus writes: > When I worked for a state workers comp system, we often found SSN's that > were compromised in that illegal aliens gave the numbers when they applied for > jobs. There did not seem to be any rhyme or reason to it...they just made up > a number it seems...so the illegal aliens wages were actually being added to > that person SSN account >

MSNBC.com's Red Tape Chronicles addressed this very issue last year. This can also wreak havoc with your credit. If anyone is interested in reading about the problem/effects, you can do so here: http://www.zimbio.com/pilot?ZURL=%2FTerrorism%2Farticles%2F11%2FWill% 2BSocial%2BSecurity%2Bnumber%2Bverification%2Bslow&URL=http%3A%2F% 2Fredtape.msnbc.com%2F2006%2F03%2Fhidden_cost_of_.html Unfortunately even if you discover your number is being used, there seems to be little the government is willing to do to rectify the situation, for reasons including them getting two or more income streams off of one number. Even when you can prove your SSN is being used fraudulently, and even when it's destroying your credit rating. On Nov 26, 2008, at 12:42 PM, MizScarlettNY@aol.com wrote: > Joyce, > The reason would be so that they appeared to be naturalized or > native born > citizens, rather than illegal alliens. I think that you are saying > that using > the Soc Sec number of another person was not necessarily meant to > defraud the > specific person whose SS # they used. That may be the case, but it > is still > fraud against that individual and the government. > > B > > Wrdsrus writes: >> When I worked for a state workers comp system, we often found >> SSN's that >> were compromised in that illegal aliens gave the numbers when they >> applied for >> jobs. There did not seem to be any rhyme or reason to it...they >> just made up >> a number it seems...so the illegal aliens wages were actually >> being added to >> that person SSN account >> > > > ___________________________________ > > The Bklyn Info Pages Website: > www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ > > List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com > > Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com > ___________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBROOKLYN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message