<story><title>The Most Misused SSN of All Time</title><url>https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/misused.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cm2187</author><text>There is a guy who thinks he owns my mobile number. It generates all sort of nuisances for me (quotes for insurance) but also for him (his bank is now sending me notifications by txt). I called that bank to let them know but they did nothing about it...</text></item><item><author>jedberg</author><text>&amp;gt; They started using the number. They thought it was their own. I can&amp;#x27;t understand how people can be so stupid. I can&amp;#x27;t understand that.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Based on the number of emails I get because other people think my email address is their email address, I too can&amp;#x27;t understand how people can be so stupid.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lscotte</author><text>I was getting fraud alerts via SMS for somebody elses bank account for quite awhile. I always replied &amp;quot;NO&amp;quot; - I did not make the charge in question, which is true. Eventually I guess they got tired of getting their card locked or realized the contact info was wrong.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Most Misused SSN of All Time</title><url>https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/misused.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cm2187</author><text>There is a guy who thinks he owns my mobile number. It generates all sort of nuisances for me (quotes for insurance) but also for him (his bank is now sending me notifications by txt). I called that bank to let them know but they did nothing about it...</text></item><item><author>jedberg</author><text>&amp;gt; They started using the number. They thought it was their own. I can&amp;#x27;t understand how people can be so stupid. I can&amp;#x27;t understand that.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Based on the number of emails I get because other people think my email address is their email address, I too can&amp;#x27;t understand how people can be so stupid.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>2rsf</author><text>&amp;gt; think&lt;p&gt;what do you mean by &amp;quot;think&amp;quot; ? I understand that mishaps can happen when numbers are canceled and moved to another person, but the old number is still registered in certain places, but why would someone want someone&amp;#x27;s else number ?</text></comment>