Tag Archives: Social Security Fraud

Researchers prove Social Security numbers easy to guess and not secure

The idea of identity thieves stealing Social Security numbers has always been frightening. With every data breach, the risk of identity theft is determined by the security of the keys to the castle—the constituents’ SSNs.
Results from a Carnegie Mellon University study shows that the numbers don’t have to be stolen; they can be discerned with [...]

Social Security Fraud

For some people, the wakening occurs with a letter from the Internal Revenue Service. You file your taxes claiming all the income from your W-2, but the IRS has a record of another job where you work. The IRS thinks you’re trying to cheat them, and the IRS doesn’t like when people try to cheat [...]