A Bloomberg reporter’s account of trying to get back his name and credit rating

Re:A Bloomberg reporter’s account of trying to get back his ... by astura on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:51AM (#20676543)

First of all that would be insurance fraud, and it would be illegal.

Secondly, that wouldn't work, the insurance company already knows your SSN. If your insurance is provided through your employer your employer already gave it to your insurance company when they set up your benefits. You need to give your employer your real SSN to pay taxes. If your insurance is provided through the government (medicaid, medicare, tricare) then the government already knows your SSN. You BEST not be giving the government a fake SSN to collect benefits, that's all sorts of illegal.

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Re:A Bloomberg reporter’s account of trying to get back his ... by ryanlol on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @03:48AM (#20683635)

Is it fraud without the intent to defraud?

>Secondly, that wouldn't work, the insurance company already knows your SSN

It could totally work, it’s really easy to get a card open with another SSN and then accurint or whatever the insurance company uses will just return multiple SSNs.

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Re:A Bloomberg reporter’s account of trying to get back his ... by gondo on Monday August 12, 2019 @06:20PM (#20680685)

Thanks for the info. It seems like plenty of organizations legally know the SSN. I am amazed that US government considers SSN to be private.

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