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I got my W-2 from my former employee and the social security number is visible through the address window of the envelope mail. I just freeze all my credit. But is this legal? What should I do? Its kinda scary to just show your supposedly secret number to the world....
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It sounds like the risk to you is pretty small, and exposure would have been limited to the postal carrier. I'd keep an eye on your credit and everything else, which is good financial practice anyway.Originally posted by Leo View Post
An SSN leak used to be a bigger deal when SSN's were the unique identifier, verification, and primary key to just about every sensitive information database in the world. Now it takes a bit more work to pull off identity theft--an SSN by itself is pretty useless to would-be crooks.
So, take a deep breath, and go do your taxes
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I agree that the risk is minimal but I'd still call the sender and raise hell about it. They should be sending those forms in a secure manner, not in a way that leaves your personal info visible to anyone who wants to see it.Originally posted by Leo View PostSteve
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someone got a hold of my moms ss and opened a bank of america credit card with it last monthretired in 2009 at the age of 39 with less than 300K total net worthComment
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