PayPal wants my SS#
10-03-2011, 06:29 AM
#52
Power Poster
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: home again, after 27 yrs!
Posts: 19,388
everybody asks for your SS# now. some have been doing it for years. i don't give mine out. when i got my cellphone the guy asked for my last 4 digits and i gave them to him before i realized it! hate that!! i've emailed the Whitehouse about this but got no real response back.
ID thieves are out there and i'm not giving my SS # out! period!! maybe to the hospital or employer or IRS. no one else.
ID thieves are out there and i'm not giving my SS # out! period!! maybe to the hospital or employer or IRS. no one else.
10-03-2011, 06:35 AM
#53
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Menomonee Falls, WI
Posts: 560
Ladies, former cop here. It IS great to be very, very cautious about giving out ss#. However, there are some instances where you will have to give it to someone as required by law. I might suggest "Life Lock" or a similar ID theft protection service. It is a great service and LL does a great job. Since then, I have had LL contact me 4 times and "catch" someone in the act. Bravo for being cautious, but the idiot clerk at your place of employment can steal your number from a file on lunch break much easier than you think.
10-03-2011, 07:22 AM
#57
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Southwest Kansas
Posts: 4,820
Originally Posted by jgriinke
Originally Posted by hobbykat1955
This is true...I worked for Soc Sec...do not give out your no. A tax ID is not your Soc Security no...That is issued to you when you call IRS and ask them to issue you a Tax ID no. for reporting Self Employment income...i.e. selling on ebay up to 200 or 20,000...NEVER give out your SOC SEC No...
You have to file either in your state or with the IRS to get one.
Your tax ID can also be an ITIN.
10-03-2011, 07:28 AM
#58
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Keller, TX
Posts: 1,925
Stopped using PayPal when they said after $5,000 in purchases I had to give them my bank account number instead of using my credit card number....they said they would still use my credit card, but need to have my bank account number. This was legit, I called paypal and asked if this was their policy....they said yes.
Then a year later, they sent an email stating, they had not seen any activity and would like to have me back, boy did I give them an ear full! It is inconvenient, but I am not giving my bank account nor SS# to anyone where they could use my credit card, money order or cashiers check as payment. BTW there was a bill introduced this year to assess a 1% charge (goes to Washington) on all banking and financial transactions, transfers, check cashing, stock purchases etc. The bill hasn't gone anywhere and hopefully it won't....
Then a year later, they sent an email stating, they had not seen any activity and would like to have me back, boy did I give them an ear full! It is inconvenient, but I am not giving my bank account nor SS# to anyone where they could use my credit card, money order or cashiers check as payment. BTW there was a bill introduced this year to assess a 1% charge (goes to Washington) on all banking and financial transactions, transfers, check cashing, stock purchases etc. The bill hasn't gone anywhere and hopefully it won't....
10-03-2011, 07:35 AM
#59
Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Georgia
Posts: 83
DO NOT **REPEAT** Do NOT give your SS number. Follow up on need for TAX ID number but DO NOT give over internet.
So glad you asked, sure would hate for you to wind up with a big mess such as ID THEFT.
Be Safe, check this out!!!
So glad you asked, sure would hate for you to wind up with a big mess such as ID THEFT.
Be Safe, check this out!!!
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