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They are a requirement if you were wanting to fraudulently open a bank account in someone else's name.


Need a whole SSN for that no?


Both the first three and the middle two have a pretty clear rhyme and reason to them which would likely make getting them right a not-so-difficult task after a bit of homework.

https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/geocard.html

Anecdotally, while bored in math class we figured out that 10 or so of the guys in the class had one of two numbers for their first three.




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