09-23-2009, 11:45 PM
JEBB wrote:
AlphaDog: Thanks, I'll check it out. I started out searching for people with my last name on Google and came upon this site.
Wouldn't SS#s of dead people be useful to some bad guys, like for opening credit card accounts?
You'd be absolutely amazed if you knew how finely tuned and fast moving the flow of information is among financial institutions. After my husband died, I assumed the credit cards in my name could still be used. Well, that's not always true. I had a purchase declined just a couple of weeks after his death, because one credit card company received notification of his death and closed the account, since he was listed as the account owner. They might not be good at keeping track of some things, but they seem to know exactly who is dead and who isn't.