7.3% chance if you live in ohio that you had your SS number stolen

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#1 newbpwnage
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http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/27/1222215&from=rss

7.3% of all SS numbers were stolen this week in ohio

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#2 Magna_Man109
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Yea my moms name was on a list, the sent us a letter and told us that someone got a CD from somewhere...
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#3 darksword1123
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hm I live in ohio. :|
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#4 Funkyhamster
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I would say "Owned" and post a silly pic, but this is actually fairly serious.
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#5 GloverD
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What can they do with your SS number?
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#6 Luminouslight
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Hopefully Michigan isn't next .
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#7 trust_nobody
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Thank god I don't live in cleveland anymore...
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#8 Silver_Dragon17
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Glad I live in Florida.:|

But my parents went on vacation to Ohio. . . .

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#9 SpootyHead
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I don't live in Ohio... I think I'm clear. >_>

I need to update my security software.
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#10 trust_nobody
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What can they do with your SS number? GloverD


a lot.
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#11 Silver_Dragon17
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What can they do with your SS number? GloverD

Anything. Your SS number is your identity, you in number form.

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#12 GloverD
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so like buy a car... juss cause they have that number?
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#13 Silver_Dragon17
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so like buy a car... juss cause they have that number?GloverD

Not sure, but they could definitely pose as you if they have it.

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#14 KHfanboy2
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I once lived in Ohio. I lived in a suburb of Cleveland. :shock:
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#15 GloverD
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well this goes into like a deeper manner here, i lost my SIN same as SS but canadian. (SOcial Insurance Number) and i got in trouble with the police one night n they were sayin i owned a Hyundai and was in trouble with credit card fraud... that was in january and nothings come up since then so i dunno.
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#16 ipodequalzsuxxr
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But But......I live in Idaho :shock:
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#17 smallcaplegend
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that sucks....I wouldn't expect that many from Ohio,
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#18 mig_killer2
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there seems to be a lot of people from ohio on these forums

well, I doubt my SS was stolen

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#19 mig_killer2
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What can they do with your SS number? GloverD
lots of things.
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#20 bebopoutlaw3gun
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My name was on the list...got a letter about it.

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#22 darkfox101
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hmm relatives live there :o
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