Quoting Shawn Gordon <[log in to unmask]>:

...snip...
> You start actually busting companies and charging decent
> fines, the companies will stop hiring mostly, however the government
> has a piss poor method for an employer to validate an SSN, there is
> an online system but it only says it is valid, it doesn't give you a
> name and birthdate (last I checked), it would be pretty obvious if
> Jose Garcia came back as Greta Anderson born 1908.  Until you give
> employers the tools to validate legality, they really are a bit hampered.
...snip...
> Regards,
>
> Shawn Gordon

Interesting you should mention that. A client of mine has just such a system to
validate the SSN to see if it has been issued by the SSA (based on first and
second group numbers) and then attempts a match on their database. They're a
trade organization serving several industries and people tend to rotate from
one company to another in these industries, so there is a high probabilty of a
match.

I'll give you good folks on the -L what database and platform is used for this
system... and it isn't Windows.... :)

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