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SSN Verification

Is your candidate REALLY who he or she says they are ?

When you request a Social Security Number Verification from The Integrity Center, the report comes to you from the current quarter's master tape from the Social Security Administration, via the national credit system.

If there are any fraud WARNINGS like the following, they will be presented in a big *** starred *** box at the top of the report.

   Social Security Number has never been issued by the
Social Security Administration.

   Social Security Number has been reported misused.
Thorough verification suggested.

   Inquiry address has been associated with more than
one name or Social Security Number.

   Inquiry address is a storage facility. Thorough
verification suggested.

   Inquiry address is a check cashing facility. Thorough
verification suggested.

   Inquiry address is a U.S. Post Office Street Address.
Thorough verification suggested.

   Inquiry address is a campground. Thorough verification
suggested.

   Social Security Number has been issued to a person who
has been reported deceased.

   Inquiry address is a hotel/motel. Thorough verification
suggested.

   Inquiry address is a telephone answering service.
Thorough verification suggested.

   Social Security Number issued by the Social Security
Administration within the last five years.

   Inquiry address is a State/Federal prison or detention
facility. Thorough verification suggested.

   Telephone number has been reported misused.

   Telephone number is a telephone drop number.

   Inquiry address is a mail receiving service. Thorough
verification suggested.

   Inquiry address has been reported misused. Thorough
verification suggested.

   Possible true name fraud. Thorough verification
suggested.

Independently, the national credit system keeps tabs on whether they consider an SSN number to be verified by requiring two independent credit merchants to submit identical information at different times for the number.

It is possible, either through fraud or typos, to have multiple people using the same SSN.    Hopefully, the presumptive owner of the SSN is the only person using the number, but employers want to know.   Other users of the SSN are listed as aliases on the report.

An individual should want to know about his or her own Social Security Number also, because if someone else is fraudulently using the number, or a keystroke error has occurred, there could be a serious problem with the SSN account.


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