From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jun 10 09:13:37 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5AFDbjb007223; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:13:37 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5AFDC4d012347 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 09:13:12 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k5ACbRFI020929 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:37:27 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5ACbRsG020928 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:37:27 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k59NGpFI019095 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 19:16:51 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5A1qNFQ017561 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 19:52:23 -0600 X-Envelope-From: dianmah@juno.com Fri Jun 9 19:52:23 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5A1qNjb017552 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 19:52:23 -0600 Received: from m23.lax.untd.com (m23.lax.untd.com [64.136.30.86]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k5A1qKsc007803 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 19:52:21 -0600 Received: from m23.lax.untd.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by m23.lax.untd.com with SMTP id AABCJWKP4ABJX7EJ for (sender ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:51:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dianmah@juno.com) by m23.lax.untd.com (jqueuemail) id LSGG9ZBF; Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:51:50 PDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 20:50:48 -0500 Message-ID: <20060609.205050.3840.0.dianmah@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 5.0.33 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-1,3-4,12-13,17-18 From: Dian Mahaney X-ContentStamp: 6:3:830027804 X-UNTD-OriginStamp: wmVxicAX/NvkiQqWZS0UuE1CVIVqpNNwDczVpBUCrITB7xrF52hdhg== X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 127.0.0.1|localhost|m23.lax.untd.com|dianmah@juno.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: ROOTS-L Digest V06 #241 -SSDI My thoughts on the SSDI - By publishing the Social Security Death Index - Banks, Credit Card Companies, and Credit Reporting agencies have that information. If someone wanted to use my Dad's credit history and information to apply for a credit card, they would be turned down. His social security number is listed on the death index. Would it bother my Dad if someone got a credit card in his name and maxed it with no intention of paying. No, of course not. But what if collection agencies thought my Mother was responsible. Or what if someone borrowed money against the house my mother is still living in using my father's social security number? That could be very difficult for my mother. Any old records that aren't going to be needed that had Dad's Social Security number on them we shredded. Now since the information is available to those who do need it, I don't worry about it. (But I still shred stuff). I'm not sure how the SSDI could be used for identity theft. If there are cases of this information being used then the institutions issuing credit are not doing a complete credit check.