Friday, April 08, 2011
"Crooks Can Guess Digits in Your Social Security Number"
Almost as easy as pie...
Tom Barlow explains at WalletPop.com:
"Since its inception, there has been a pattern to the issuance of numbers. The first three indicate the state in which you lived when you received your number. The two in the middle, called group numbers, are assigned in a known sequence. The final four are also assigned sequentially, 0001 to 9999."