Re: Partial SSN request

[Kari Gulbrandsen <kkgulbrandsen -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I mentioned to Jim privately that I have had this request a number of
times. I was told it was to make sure that my application was not submitted
to a client more than once, especially without my knowledge.

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:

> No way, no how. I can't see any reason in the world why they need this
> information.
>
> > Chris
>
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Jim Jones <han4yu3 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > A consulting firm wants to submit my credentials to a client firm of
> theirs
> > for a possible contract job. They asked me for the last four numbers of
> my
> > SSN [not the whole thing].
> >
> > I am thinking that I should balk because, even though it is true that it
> is
> > not the entire SSN that they are asking for, still those last four are in
> > fact used a lot out there in the market, for serious things, informally.
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Jim Jones
>
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