What is your Social Security Number?

[Lincoln]

Since you posted your birthday, which was already done in a previous thread, I figured you would also post any other personal info that's asked of you. graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

[JMJ]

Originally posted by Lincoln:
Since you posted your birthday, which was already done in a previous thread, I figured you would also post any other personal info that's asked of you. graemlins/jpshakehead.gif I was thinking the same thing when that topic came up......JMJ graemlins/rofl.gif

[DaveR]

Mine is:

547-76-9277

Got it ? ... if not, you'll figure it out ...

DR
I got jokes too smile.gif

[richierich]

999-99-9999

[ October 23, 2003, 06:35 PM: Message edited by: richierich ]

[DLow]

ya can't do anything with my birth date. take my ssn...that's a problem Pops...

[DISKOQUEEN99]

Originally posted by richierich:
999-99-9999 That can't be yours, RR; that's my own personalized number.

[Bold Soul]

Don't have one...I'm illegal.

[bigg donn a.k.a bigg donn]

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979-NEVERMIND http://deephousepage.com/smilies/smokin.gif

[BHouse]

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/social-security-number-card.gif

Social Security Number Racial Code

My grandfather, Evans Fowler, has been doing research and discovered something that I was unaware of. He has discovered, on a small scale, that the second middle number (the fifth number) in African American's social security numbers is an even number while other nationalities have odd numbers.

This allows a person, organization, institution or whatever to claim that they are not discriminating against African Americans. However, they can tell our nationality simply by looking at our ssn and can, therefore, discriminate against us without us knowing.

You might want to do your own little research. What are your African American friends, relatives, co-workers middle numbers and what are your Caucasian friends and co-workers middle numbers? Maybe we can find out if this is the case on a larger scale. White people might really be getting over on us by making us feel like there is no way to discriminate against us if we don't put "African-American" or "black" on a school application, loan application or job application.

But if this secret race indicator is true, that's all they need to reject us. Let me know what you find out. If this is something that you were already aware of then disregard this note. This is only speculation!! The more people you ask, the more valid the point will be. You might not want to tell "you know who" the real reason why you are asking until we can find out if this is true.URBAN LEGEND

[ October 23, 2003, 10:43 PM: Message edited by: BHouse ]

[Rodney Ransom]

Originally posted by Lincoln:
Since you posted your birthday, which was already done in a previous thread, I figured you would also post any other personal info that's asked of you. graemlins/jpshakehead.gif Im sorry I didn't get the joke behind this one,
and who are you talking about. Sorry? graemlins/conf44.gif

[DISKOQUEEN99]

Innocent as it may seem, this is how people steal your identity, get shit in your name and ruin your credit. Life Source calls me at work every other day asking for my blood because I am a universal donor (might as well said what type). Anyway, a few people hit their database with all this info in it and did the identity theft thing, I think charging up over 200K worth of merchandise. They would come to the place I work on their bi-annual blood drive and ask me to give blood and provide them with my state ID with all this info. I don't think so!

[houseaddict]

Originally posted by BHouse:
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/social-security-number-card.gif

Social Security Number Racial Code

My grandfather, Evans Fowler, has been doing research and discovered something that I was unaware of. He has discovered, on a small scale, that the second middle number (the fifth number) in African American's social security numbers is an even number while other nationalities have odd numbers.

This allows a person, organization, institution or whatever to claim that they are not discriminating against African Americans. However, they can tell our nationality simply by looking at our ssn and can, therefore, discriminate against us without us knowing.

You might want to do your own little research. What are your African American friends, relatives, co-workers middle numbers and what are your Caucasian friends and co-workers middle numbers? Maybe we can find out if this is the case on a larger scale. White people might really be getting over on us by making us feel like there is no way to discriminate against us if we don't put "African-American" or "black" on a school application, loan application or job application.

But if this secret race indicator is true, that's all they need to reject us. Let me know what you find out. If this is something that you were already aware of then disregard this note. This is only speculation!! The more people you ask, the more valid the point will be. You might not want to tell "you know who" the real reason why you are asking until we can find out if this is true.URBAN LEGEND I always knew I was a soul man. What I've been saying for years in that I'm black on the inside surely must be true if the 5th number is even cause mine is and I ain't!!

[gabriel]

i dont know how exactly that would result in systematic discrimination.

i mean, who knows that 2nd number even thing? and how on earth would it be utilized to discriminate.

besides, so you give your social security number right. you really think that the 5th number is going to be more evident to the lay employer than being named Tyrone, Keesha, or any number of other names that have been used in studies testing racial discrimination in car sales, insurance rates, etc.

[And]

Originally posted by Lincoln:
Since you posted your birthday, which was already done in a previous thread, I figured you would also post any other personal info that's asked of you. graemlins/jpshakehead.gif What's funny to me is anyone who believes they have any privacy. A false sense of it yes. True privacy ... Do any of us really know what that is?
That being said: 555 55 5555 graemlins/rofl.gif
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Okay ... Maybe not "false" but a "version of" privacy ..

[ October 23, 2003, 11:50 PM: Message edited by: 6 23 ]

[JMNYC]

Originally posted by houseaddict:
I always knew I was a soul man. What I've been saying for years in that I'm black on the inside surely must be true if the 5th number is even cause mine is and I ain't!! same here. there goes THAT urban legend. In fact, without giving away too much, I can say that I know for a fact how the numbers are devised... part of it has to do with WHEN it is issued and part of it has to do with WHERE you were born. The last 4 digits are random.

[ October 23, 2003, 11:30 PM: Message edited by: JMNYC ]

[alex zen]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BHouse:
[QB] http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/social-security-number-card.gif

Social Security Number Racial Code

My grandfather, Evans Fowler, has been doing research and discovered something that I was unaware of. He has discovered, on a small scale, that the second middle number (the fifth number) in African American's social security numbers is an even number while other nationalities have odd numbers.

This allows a person, organization, institution or whatever to claim that they are not discriminating against African Americans. However, they can tell our nationality simply by looking at our ssn and can, therefore, discriminate against us without us knowing.

You might want to do your own little research. What are your African American friends, relatives, co-workers middle numbers and what are your Caucasian friends and co-workers middle numbers? Maybe we can find out if this is the case on a larger scale. White people might really be getting over on us by making us feel like there is no way to discriminate against us if we don't put "African-American" or "black" on a school application, loan application or job application.

But if this secret race indicator is true, that's all they need to reject us. Let me know what you find out. If this is something that you were already aware of then disregard this note. This is only speculation!! The more people you ask, the more valid the point will be. You might not want to tell "you know who" the real reason why you are asking until we can find out if this is true.URBAN LEGEND mine is even and i'm pretty damn white.

[sammyrock]

LOL Lincoln I hear that,Identity theft has triple-fold just this year just by having access to ones birthday.Anyway Ill play along here is my SS# 666-666-6666 Thanks......lol lol :D

[U]

Originally posted by BHouse:
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/social-security-number-card.gif

Social Security Number Racial Code

My grandfather, Evans Fowler, has been doing research and discovered something that I was unaware of. He has discovered, on a small scale, that the second middle number (the fifth number) in African American's social security numbers is an even number while other nationalities have odd numbers.

This allows a person, organization, institution or whatever to claim that they are not discriminating against African Americans. However, they can tell our nationality simply by looking at our ssn and can, therefore, discriminate against us without us knowing.

You might want to do your own little research. What are your African American friends, relatives, co-workers middle numbers and what are your Caucasian friends and co-workers middle numbers? Maybe we can find out if this is the case on a larger scale. White people might really be getting over on us by making us feel like there is no way to discriminate against us if we don't put "African-American" or "black" on a school application, loan application or job application.

But if this secret race indicator is true, that's all they need to reject us. Let me know what you find out. If this is something that you were already aware of then disregard this note. This is only speculation!! The more people you ask, the more valid the point will be. You might not want to tell "you know who" the real reason why you are asking until we can find out if this is true.URBAN LEGEND I'm white, whiter than white, you have seen my pic...my second middle number is even. Did I blow your whole theory out of the water?

[Mack-Williams]

Give me a $1000.00. I will get you another one.

[U]

Originally posted by Mack-Williams:
Give me a $1000.00. I will get you another one. Already got another one, and the funny thing is, the 5th number is even on that one too!

[NubianSista]

696- 69-6969 :D

[DJ Michael Terzian (Sinister)]

666 666 666
Sinister

[Mack-Williams]

Originally posted by U:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Mack-Williams:
Give me a $1000.00. I will get you another one. Already got another one, and the funny thing is, the 5th number is even on that one too! </font>[/QUOTE]By the way I was just kidding. ;)

[Ayo]

I know it to be true that the first THREE digits of your social security number identifies what STATE you were born in. For example, most people who were born in Virginia SS begins something like 199-230...somewhere in that range...I'm a 224 and have done some questioning and have found this to be true. As someone in your state (parents or brothers or something) and see if yours are within a range.

[U]

Originally posted by Mack-Williams:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by U:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Mack-Williams:
Give me a $1000.00. I will get you another one. Already got another one, and the funny thing is, the 5th number is even on that one too! </font>[/QUOTE]By the way I was just kidding. ;) </font>[/QUOTE]So was I!

[Fletch]

Blah, Blah, Blah,
Blah, Blah,
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah.

PRICELESS!!!

[ October 24, 2003, 08:51 AM: Message edited by: Fletch ]

[MYOR]

Originally posted by Lincoln:
Since you posted your birthday, which was already done in a previous thread, I figured you would also post any other personal info that's asked of you. graemlins/jpshakehead.gif Can we say PARANOID!!! graemlins/cool_shades.gif

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[Sharp Eye Washington]

Originally posted by BHouse:
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/social-security-number-card.gif

Social Security Number Racial Code

My grandfather, Evans Fowler, has been doing research and discovered something that I was unaware of. He has discovered, on a small scale, that the second middle number (the fifth number) in African American's social security numbers is an even number while other nationalities have odd numbers.

This allows a person, organization, institution or whatever to claim that they are not discriminating against African Americans. However, they can tell our nationality simply by looking at our ssn and can, therefore, discriminate against us without us knowing.

You might want to do your own little research. What are your African American friends, relatives, co-workers middle numbers and what are your Caucasian friends and co-workers middle numbers? Maybe we can find out if this is the case on a larger scale. White people might really be getting over on us by making us feel like there is no way to discriminate against us if we don't put "African-American" or "black" on a school application, loan application or job application.

But if this secret race indicator is true, that's all they need to reject us. Let me know what you find out. If this is something that you were already aware of then disregard this note. This is only speculation!! The more people you ask, the more valid the point will be. You might not want to tell "you know who" the real reason why you are asking until we can find out if this is true.URBAN LEGEND File this under the urban legend category. I'm an investigator & I can assure you that it is false.

[Alanda Marquette from DiscoLadyLand]

Here is mine:

007-77-9311 :D

[ October 24, 2003, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: DiscoLady ]

[Sharp Eye Washington]

http://www.ssa.gov/history/history.html

[Mr 1977]

Originally posted by Ayo:
I know it to be true that the first THREE digits of your social security number identifies what STATE you were born in. It's not actually the State you were born in, it's the State that you initially receive your SS card in. e.g. You could be born in Memphis and your family moves to New York when you apply for a SS card, your SSN would be 094-99-9999.

[Mr 1977]

Originally posted by Mr 1977:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Ayo:
I know it to be true that the first THREE digits of your social security number identifies what STATE you were born in. It's not actually the State you were born in, it's the State that you initially receive your SS card in. e.g. You could be born in Memphis and your family moves to New York when you apply for a SS card, your SSN would be 094-99-9999. </font>[/QUOTE]Sorry, didn't read previous post.

[E-Phi]

Social Security Numbers
The SSN numbering scheme

Number Has Three Parts

The nine-digit SSN is composed of three parts:

The first set of three digits is called the Area Number
The second set of two digits is called the Group Number
The final set of four digits is the Serial Number
Area Number

The Area Number is assigned by the geographical region. Prior to 1972, cards were issued in local Social Security offices around the country and the Area Number represented the State in which the card was issued. This did not necessarily have to be the State where the applicant lived, since a person could apply for their card in any Social Security office. Since 1972, when SSA began assigning SSNs and issuing cards centrally from Baltimore, the area number assigned has been based on the ZIP code in the mailing address provided on the application for the original Social Security card. The applicant's mailing address does not have to be the same as their place of residence. Thus, the Area Number does not necessarily represent the State of residence of the applicant, either prior to 1972 or since.

Generally, numbers were assigned beginning in the northeast and moving westward. So people on the east coast have the lowest numbers and those on the west coast have the highest numbers.

Note: One should not make too much of the "geographical code." It is not meant to be any kind of useable geographical information. The numbering scheme was designed in 1936 (before computers) to make it easier for SSA to store the applications in our files in Baltimore since the files were organized by regions as well as alphabetically. It was really just a bookkeeping device for our own internal use and was never intended to be anything more than that.


(Complete list of the geographical number assignments.)


Group Number

Within each area, the group number (middle two (2) digits) range from 01 to 99 but are not assigned in consecutive order. For administrative reasons, group numbers issued first consist of the ODD numbers from 01 through 09 and then EVEN numbers from 10 through 98, within each area number allocated to a State. After all numbers in group 98 of a particular area have been issued, the EVEN Groups 02 through 08 are used, followed by ODD Groups 11 through 99.


Group numbers are assigned as follows:
ODD - 01, 03, 05, 07, 09------EVEN - 10 to 98
EVEN - 02, 04, 06, 08------ODD - 11 to 99




See the latest Social Security Number Monthly Issuance Table for the latest SSN area ranges issued to date. Alleged Social Security numbers containing area numbers other than those found on that table are impossible.


Serial Number

Within each group, the serial numbers (last four (4) digits) run consecutively from 0001 through 9999.

[mdpm99]

Will corporations own our identities?
Phyllis Schlafly (archive)


No one should be able to own facts about other people. Our names and numbers, and the laws we must obey, should not be property that can be owned by corporations and policed by federal courts.

But special interests, such as the Software and Information Industry Association, are seeking new powers to own facts about us and about information we need. After quietly shopping a bill to members of Congress for several weeks, the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act was finally introduced in October as H.R. 3261.

The U.S. Constitution authorizes Congress to create copyrights. But your name, address and telephone number are facts that cannot be copyrighted. So said the Supreme Court in 1991 when it ruled that no one can copyright the telephone book.

The Constitution authorizes copyright protection for "authors." The Court ruled in Feist Publications Inc. vs. Rural Telephone Service Co. that a collection of facts lacks sufficient creativity to constitute authorship.

H.R. 3261 doesn't use the word copyright, but it would create a new federal property right in online and offline databases (collections of information), and give the federal courts power to police the use of information in databases.
Granting large U.S. and foreign corporations the power to own personal facts about individuals, and prevent others from using those facts, would be the most lucrative handout in years.

H.R. 3261 would allow federal courts to impose stiff penalties if someone uses information from a database that a corporation claims to own. The exceptions to this rule are vague and subject to contrary interpretations, leaving users liable to a lawsuit in which it is up to a federal judge to decide what is "reasonable."

Over the past decade, without federal legislation or judicial supervision, databases have grown rapidly in size and number. Today, there are giant databases containing our travel plans, our medical records, our telephone calls, our credit card usage and even the Web sites we visit. This collections of information bill would chill productive activity because few users of data can afford taking a chance on how a court might rule.

Prominent groups from across the political spectrum vigorously oppose this bill. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says the legislation could even prevent people from using data found in books checked out of libraries.

Peter Veeck felt the brunt of the corporate police. When he posted on his Web site the municipal building safety codes that everyone is required to obey, he was sued by a company that claimed to own the building codes.

In 2002, after long and costly litigation, Veeck won his case, Veeck vs. Southern Building Code Congress International Inc. Judge Edith Jones wrote for the 5th Circuit Court en banc: "Citizens may reproduce copies of the law for many purposes, not only to guide their actions but to influence future legislation, educate their neighborhood association, or simply to amuse."

On the last day of the U.S. Supreme Court term in June, the justices allowed Veeck's victory to stand.

But special interests still want Congress to allow corporations to exercise exclusive ownership over collections of facts. These same special interests failed to pass a similar measure called the Collections of Information Anti-Piracy bill in 1998. They are trying again with H.R. 3261 to get from Congress what they could not win in the courts.

The jackpot may be in medical databases, which are still largely secret. The next time you want an itemization of why a brief hospital stay costs far more than the most luxurious hotel, remember that medical procedure codes and reimbursement rates are not freely published.

The American Medical Association claims to own these federally required codes, reaping tens of millions of dollars in royalty fees from them. You can go on the Internet and find the price of almost anything, from a plane ticket to an automobile, but the AMA will sue anyone who dares to post the billing codes and rates for simple medical procedures.

Giving new powers to the federal courts to police the use and exchange of information collected in databases would have a negative effect on an already shaky economy. What's more, creating federally mandated ownership of data is the wrong way to go if we still believe in free enterprise.


Nor is H.R. 3261 the right way to go if we believe that the federal government should exercise only enumerated powers. It's clear the Constitution does not authorize Congress to create property rights beyond those specified in the Copyright Clause.

[Wild i]

Originally posted by DISKOQUEEN99:
Innocent as it may seem, this is how people steal your identity, get shit in your name and ruin your credit. Life Source calls me at work every other day asking for my blood because I am a universal donor (might as well said what type). Anyway, a few people hit their database with all this info in it and did the identity theft thing, I think charging up over 200K worth of merchandise. They would come to the place I work on their bi-annual blood drive and ask me to give blood and provide them with my state ID with all this info. I don't think so! Geeze! I just thought it would be fun to have a list to cut down on these Happy birthday threads. I wasn't planning a heist! graemlins/spanka.gif

[mdpm99]

Originally posted by Wild i:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DISKOQUEEN99:
Innocent as it may seem, this is how people steal your identity, get shit in your name and ruin your credit. Life Source calls me at work every other day asking for my blood because I am a universal donor (might as well said what type). Anyway, a few people hit their database with all this info in it and did the identity theft thing, I think charging up over 200K worth of merchandise. They would come to the place I work on their bi-annual blood drive and ask me to give blood and provide them with my state ID with all this info. I don't think so! Geeze! I just thought it would be fun to have a list to cut down on these Happy birthday threads. I wasn't planning a heist! graemlins/spanka.gif </font>[/QUOTE]Greetings Wild i:

Nice try, but we know you were out to do a lot of birthday gift shopping with this info. biggrinangel.gif

Just kidding of course......couldn't resist the moment.

Anyway, you deserve the very best......have a great celebration!

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