Comment Number: 531096-00184
Received: 8/28/2007 4:33:23 PM
Organization: RTO Investigations & Claim Services
Commenter: ROBERT OSTROSKI
State: PA
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Rule: Private Sector Use of SSNs
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Comments:

OUR ACCESS TO SS#'S UNDER THE CURRENT GLB (GRAMM, LEACH, BLILEY ACT) GUIDELINES IS CRITICAL TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AGAINST FRAUD, INSURANCE FRAUD, IDENTITY THEFT, ETC. THE ACTORS USE EVERY THINKING MOMENT IN TRYING TO CREATE WAYS TO BEAT THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE USE OF FRAUDLENT NAMES, SS#'s, ADDRESSES, ETC, ETC. CAN YOU IMAGINE TRYING TO FIND THE ACTOR COMMITTING THE FRAUD WITHOUT THE CORRECT SS#, IF HIS NAME IS JOHN SMITH FOR EXAMPLE. WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF COMMITTING IDENTITY THEFT AND INSURANCE FRAUD. WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF PREVENTING IDENTITY THEFT AND INSURANCE FRAUD........