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Why are you trying to freeze his credit? I don't think he'll even be in their systems until he gets his first financial account, presumably years later.
by lancepioch 9y ago
Why are you trying to freeze his credit? I don't think he'll even be in their systems until he gets his first financial account, presumably years later.
- JauntTrooper 9y agoThat’s what makes his social security number an attractive target for identity theft. He won’t check it for over a decade. https://www.npr.org/2017/10/18/556237149/to-protect-children-from-identity-theft-parents-must-be-proactive https://www.npr.org/2017/10/18/556237149/to-protect-children... Quote from the article: > A 2011 report on child identity theft from Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab found that of the participants surveyed, the rate of identity theft for children was 51 times higher than that of adults. Social Security numbers are of special interest because they can be associated with any name and birthdate, the report showed. They also offer thieves a clean financial canvas.