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Jun 6, 2010 | 03:04 PM

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tonybell_57

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Originally Posted by dlq04,Jun 5 2010, 09:39 PM

It is not difficult at all to get. Death certificates are 'public' records and the person's SSN is on it.

You're absolutely right, it is available and it is public information, but they're not posted on the internet for all the world to see. That's my biggest gripe. At least make the identity thief work for it.

My wife and I just had to close a bank account that we had for 11 years and open a new one because of identity theft. And my sister just had her atm card cloned and close to $1,000 taken out of her bank account just this past week.

Let's not make it any easier for crooks to steal. I believe that posting SSNs on the internet just makes it that much easier for identity theft to occur.

Jun 6, 2010 | 03:05 PM

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tonybell_57

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Originally Posted by raymo19,Jun 5 2010, 09:48 PM

I'd like to add ours too. I know how tough that can be.

Thanks.

Jun 6, 2010 | 03:06 PM

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tonybell_57

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Originally Posted by Zippy,Jun 6 2010, 09:02 AM

The point of the site is to trace relatives, but fraud, especially credit card through identity theft is rampant among the deceased. This allows for easy access to the one thing that is used as identity by almost everyone.

Tony, sorry for your loss, my +1 is going through settlement of her mother's estate at this time.

Thanks. And my condolences to you and your +1, as well.