RE: SSN Validity Checking

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What if you created a dictionary of invalid numbers?  Populate with clearly
bad numbers, then have it auto-populate with new bad numbers as discovered?
Sounds to me like a wonderful little application to create, then attach as a
trigger program to all SSN fields in your system.

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Booth Martin ResoDirect, ext. 528
BMartin@ResoDirect.com
Booth@MartinVT.com
http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------

From: midrange-l@midrange.com
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 09:48:59
To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: SSN Validity Checking

I would imagine there is no way to check this without a list of all valid
social security numbers from the Social Security Administration.

I also imagine they keep those numbers very secret to prevent identity
theft.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
The Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
DFisher@roomstoreeast.com

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Does anyone know of a way to check a Social Security Number for validity?
(I.E. - A clerk enters an SSN on a screen and we want to be sure that the
clerk didn't enter '123-45-6789' or some such nonsense.)
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