Social Security Number Search

 

Social Security Number Search

The Social Security Number is a vital clue in a people search endeavor.

A social security number is issued to all U.S. citizens who earn an income. Exceptions are social security numbers issued to children, people who are allowed to work within the United States but are not citizens and some persons who are not allowed to work but issued a social security number.

 

Social Security numbers are useful   to locate a person in the U.S. There are several reasons, good bad and ugly as to why a person conducts a search for another using a social security number.

The good and harmless reason why people look for people with the clue of a social security number is to locate an old friend or estranged family and the natural parents of adopted child.  SSNs are also used by people to research their family history. Geneology searches are an interesting hobby with an ever increasing following especially in the U.S. where records are not that ancient those papers cannot be traced. Sometimes the SSN search will reveal if the old friend is still alive or dead.

The other reason why people look up the details of another person is to protect themselves from a possible costly mistake. These people searches are conducted chiefly by big businesses. Banks, lending agencies and Insurance Companies use SSNs for checking the credit rating of the person, the criminal records and bankruptcy records. Title Insurance Companies search the personal records like indebtedness of the seller, liens on the property the seller wants to sell because of tax arrears or credit arrears. Employers can do a background check of a prospective employee’s criminal record, violation of laws record and credit worthiness if required.

There are unfortunate ugly reasons for which a person may require to locate a person using SSN. The most common reasons are at the time of a divorce. Locating the whereabouts of a spouse who has violated a custody order and disappeared with a child is one of the reasons.  Estranged spouses who leave town to evade payment of support can be traced using the means of a social security number.  .

Many people searchers these days search their own details using SSN. While this may seem an anomaly, in these days of identity theft searching oneself and finding out how money was spent without your knowledge has become more important than searching for another person. Since Social Security numbers are issued to children they become the main target of identity thieves and you are confronted with a large credit card bill in the name of your minor child.

A social Security Number is an important document for a U.S. Citizen  and opens many doors like obtaining insurance, obtaining credit cards, Insurance  and more importantly getting credit respect. Social Security numbers can be forged and easily bought on the street or the person may be using the social security number of a dead person. One should check with the United States Social Security Website to obtain information with regard to the validity of the social security number.

Many people wonder if searching using a social security number  is an illegal  act or invasion of privacy. A social security Number is a matter of public record and a search without devious or criminal intent cannot be deemed illegal. However it is prudent to give out only the last four digits of the social security number.

We have many reasons to discover the location of other people when we live as part of a society and whatever the reason may be, the social security number is a firm clue to go by along the quest.