I see an economic diasater coming...

[triffid]

 we think youre dead!                                                                                                                               The distinction between dead -- cold, no pulse -- and alive -- just went for a jog! -- seems pretty obvious. But the Social Security Administration commonly records living people in its Death Master File -- a public database that includes Social Security numbers, dates of birth and addresses -- an error that can have grave financial consequences. Of the 2.8 million deaths the Social Security Administration reports each year, about 14,000 people added to the Death Master File are very much alive, according to agency statistics.

People who are incorrectly reported dead can rack up bank fees for bounced checks after Social Security payments stop without warning, and will have to follow up with credit bureaus and other institutions once they get their names off the death file, says Gabriela Beltran, a spokeswoman for the Identity Theft Resource Center. Some people don't find out until they're applying for a loan and they're denied because records show them as decease, she says.

A spokeswoman for the Social Security Administration says it takes "immediate action to correct and reinstate benefits" once it notices an error. Getting off of the list and resuming Social Security payments requires beneficiaries to bring identification to a Social Security office where they can have a face-to-face interview, the administration says.

[triffid]

By JONNELLE MARTE

7. "Your Social Security number is no state secret."
Don't carry your social security card in your wallet. Don't give your number over the phone. Don't use it as a password. For all the precautions workers are told to take to protect that nine-digit number, a Social Security number is still surprisingly vulnerable. So far this year, more than 13 million names and Social Security numbers have been exposed to potential theft as a result of more than 270 data breaches at state governmental agencies, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit that helps victims of identity theft.

But a social security number need not even be stolen to be compromised. A 2009 study from Carnegie Mellon University finds that it's possible -- and not too difficult -- to guess a Social Security number using details easily gleaned from a Facebook profile, such as date of birth and home town. Researchers were able to accurately guess the first five digits of 44% of Social Security numbers issued after 1988 on the first try, just by using the date and the state the number was issued in; they were able to guess the complete numbers almost 9% of the time. The authors used a list of known Social Security numbers from the Social Security Death Master Files to find patterns on how the last four digits are assigned -- the first five digits are based on the state the number was issued in -- and they found that they are largely assigned in order, based on when the number was issued.

A spokeswoman for the agency says it implemented a new system starting in June that randomly assigns numbers, making more nine digit combinations available in every state. Anyone with a number issued before then might want to guard their birth date and place of birth as carefully as they do their Social Security number -- or at least tighten their Facebook privacy settings.

[triffid]

Somebody posted this under the ss article I placed here.Just to show you guys how some people work the system.triffid


There are too many foreigners who have not paid into s.s. that are collecting. This is NOT fair. My son's girlfriend lost her arm in a boating accident and couldn't get help from s.s because she didn't have enough units paid in. How do the foreigners get away with cheating? The Mexican couple told my son she was dressed to nice and she should not have taken her pain medication so they could feel sorry for her. They said they also got a translater even though they could speak English they pretend not to. They said that s.s paid for a care giver to that helped baby sit. Now you tell me what is wrong with this picture?

[Magluvin]

Read an article a while back. It was about a proposal to replace the monetary system with "energy credits".

If this does happen, we can kiss all this(OU.com, etc.) goodbye. It would probably become  treason to speak of it. Treason in a one world government. Sounds odd.

They wont risk any talk of it if it poses real risk to the fabric of the energy monetary system.

Man, we better come out with something, and quick. ;]

Lol. Energy Credits   One day you will have credits for energy that does not exist.  Printing up that money, just like the good old days.  ;]

Mags

[triffid]

Good old Bernie speaks out!  Bernard Madoff on Clients' Anger: 'I Can Live With That'
Madoff seems to have fewer worries about the victims of his massive fraud.
"I understand why clients hate me," he said. "The gravy train is over. I can live with that.
"The average person thinks I robbed widows and orphans," he added. "I made wealthy people wealthier."


I MADE WEALTHY PEOPLE WEALTHIER.
I MADE WEALTHY PEOPLE WEALTHIER.
I MADE WEALTHY PEOPLE WEALTHIER.