Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are dead on about the statute that limits the legitimate requests for our Social Security numbers for SS benefits and income tax purposes. Could it be that our wondrous Federal Government that cannot design a commode that works nor protect us from backward terrorists but is 100% efficient in squeezing us for every cent we have is causing this request through its Customs department ? This is not the first time I have had either personal experience with the request or been told about it by others. Does U. S. Customs require the SS number or make it more difficult to import the product into the US if the SS number is not provided? I seriously doubt that Inscriber, a manufacturer of fine video titling software, gives a flip about our SS numbers but has learned that the trip through U. S. Customs goes easier if the SS number is provided and the company is trying to inconvenience us as little as possible. Inscriber has absolutely nothing to do with Leica cameras. Don R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Perez" <pat@patperez.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Federal Express request > From a strict legal standpoint, the Social Security > number can only be required for SS benefits, or income > taxation purposes. Unfortunately, the public has > apathetically allowed various institutions to co-opt > the use of the number over the years, and now it is a > key piece of information used in identity theft scams. > FedEx has no legitimate need for the SSN of anyone but > their employees. If this is in fact a real request > from FedEx, then I would either insist they accept a > different form of identification, or else, not give > the ifo (since the original poster wasn't aware of > anything he had ordered being shipped to him). > > > Pat > --- Austin Franklin <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > Hi Roland, > > > > I seem to remember receiving such a form as well. I > > remember calling them, > > and they claimed that it was now required...but I > > couldn't get a straight > > answer whether it was a FedEx requirement or a real > > government request... > > > > I was inclined to ignore their request as well... > > > > Austin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On > > Behalf Of Roland > > > Smith > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:01 AM > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; > > leica@topica.com > > > Subject: [Leica] Federal Express request > > > > > > > > > A strange request was received from Federal > > Express on their stationery > > > asking for my social security number for customs. > > I have a > > > Federal Express > > > account and found this quite curious since, I have > > ordered nothing and > > > expect nothing from out of the USA. > > > > > > Does anyone know what is going on? > > > > > > I am inclined to ignore the request. > > > > > > Roland Smith > > > Oakland, California > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html