Here's why we can't have nice things.

frau kaleun · 12-02-10, 12:23 PM

Okay I get that's it not "identity theft" per se if you made up what you thought was a random SSN that turned out to belong to someone else, since an argument could be made that you didn't intend to steal that person's identity in particular, and didn't use or even have their name and other identifying information.

But wouldn't giving any SSN that isn't actually yours be, I dunno, falsifying information? Fraud? Something covered by some statue somewhere? Regardless of whether or not you knew it belonged to anyone else, it's not yours and you're putting it down like it is in order to get something that you wouldn't be able to get otherwise.

12-02-10, 12:23 PM	#1
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Okay I get that's it not "identity theft" per se if you made up what you thought was a random SSN that turned out to belong to someone else, since an argument could be made that you didn't intend to steal that person's identity in particular, and didn't use or even have their name and other identifying information. But wouldn't giving any SSN that isn't actually yours be, I dunno, falsifying information? Fraud? Something covered by some statue somewhere? Regardless of whether or not you knew it belonged to anyone else, it's not yours and you're putting it down like it is in order to get something that you wouldn't be able to get otherwise.