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Happy Birthday Elvis Presley (And a Surprise)
Posted on Jan 8, 2007 by Tom Fragala
ELVIS PRESLEY, Born 08 Jan 1935, Died Aug 1977, SSN 409-52-2002.
That isn't a typo. That's Elvis' real social security number and a clue as to how serious our privacy and identity theft problems still are in 2007.
And, no, I didn't break the law in obtaining and posting his SSN. In fact, there is a federal law that REQUIRES the social security administration to provide this data on the deceased to anyone that wants it. And, yes, I think it is bloody insane.
Filed under: Identity Theft, Privacy
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Marilee Veniegas, Essential Security Software on Jan 19, 2007
If you think that's bad, my local paper, the Seattle Times reported criminals scoping out graveyards to get first & last names along with DOBs. Seattle Times reporter, Christine Clarridge covered it - http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=idtheft06m&date=20060506&query=id+theft+cemetery
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