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An identity thief used my Social Security number and birthday to open up a Robinhood account. Here's what I learned when I dug a little deeper.
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The most common technique involves combining a real social security number with a name and birthdate other than the ones that are simply associated with the number. Synthetic identity theft is more difficult to track as it doesn't show on either person's credit report directly but may appear as an entirely new file in the credit bureau or as a ...
Exacerbating the problem of using the Social Security number as an identifier is the fact that the Social Security card contains no biometric identifiers of any sort, making it essentially impossible to tell whether a person using a certain SSN truly belongs to someone without relying on other documentation (which may itself have been falsely ...
As you may have heard, Citibank messed up. Big time. It accidentally sent out more than 600,000 mailings to customers with their Social Security numbers printed on the outside of the envelopes.
Robinhood announced Tuesday that it will be bringing "24/7" phone support to its 31 million users. Users with a question or account issue will now be able to request a call inside the Robinhood ...
In November 2007, the company reported that hackers gained access to most of its clients' names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, and trading activity. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] In 2011, after being sued in a class action , the company settled by agreeing to compensate customers that were victim to identity theft between ...
Users will have to meet certain criteria in order to be eligible to make these trades, such as being a U.S. citizen and having already been approved for a Robinhood Derivatives account.