Apply for a Credit Card w/a Provided SSN!
I did a very involved shop where the mortgage company had a fake persona loaded in under a fictitious SSN. That I could understand. This one wants you to use your real name?
This one WAS real name. Might be even worse with an assumed name. Say they by chance gave you a name/# that matches up to a "PROBLEM" name. You could be right in the middle of a potential crime by using an alias. Using bogus names on a shop with no transactions is one thing. Using it connected to a SS name I would think could border on crime in this day and age. I also understand many of these use coded SS #'s that are not real #'s. That could be even more of a white flag.
I received that exact offer. The company told me when I called up about it that you must use your real name and they provide a social security number. He said, no one had a problem with it before. I decided to not accept the shop.
Very shaky legal ground IMO. I'm sure I've seen verbiage on a credit app that says giving false information is a crime.
If the client is paying up front for the shop, you would think they've gotten it all set up in advance with the MSC.
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