Re: SSN Validity Checking

ROFLMAO !!!!!

Paul Nelson
Braxton-Reed, Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@attbi.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 4:23 PM
Subject: RE: SSN Validity Checking


> Friends,
>
> I got curious so I sent the Social Security folks an email.  Their
> response is below.  I'm assuming that their limitation on the area
> number has been influenced by the Book of Revelations.
>
> Regards,
> Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
>
> <start of response>
> Thank you for contacting the Social Security Administration.
>
> An invalid or impossible Social Security number (SSN) is one that has
> not yet been assigned.
>
> The SSN is divided as follows:
>
> -- The area number (the first three digits), group number (the fourth
> and fifth digits), and serial number (the last four digits).
>
> To determine if an SSN is invalid, consider the following:
>
> -- No SSN's with an area number in the 800 or 900 series, or "000" area
> number, have been assigned.
>
> -- No SSN's with an area number above 728 have been assigned in the 700
> series, except for 764 through 772.
>
> -- No SSN's with a "00" group number or "0000" serial number have been
> assigned.
>
> -- No SSN's with an area number of "666" have been or will be assigned.
>
> Additional information about SSN's that have been assigned is available
> on our web site at:
>
> http://www.ssa.gov/foia/highgroup.htm
>
>
>
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