==Phrack Inc.== Volume Two, Issue 19, Phile #4 of 8 Social Security Number Formatting ================================= Shooting Shark 21 June 88 Certain types of computer-related fraud, such as creating dummy entries in payroll databases, require the creation of a false Social Security Number (SS#). Many employers attempt to detect "ghost" SS#s by running a verification program on them. In this article I will show how to defeat verification by creating a legitimate-looking SS#. First, some general rules to follow: o The middle two digits of a SS# can be odd or even if issued after 1965. All numbers issued before 1965 that have middle digits of 10 or above should be even. o So far, no SS#s have been issued with a first digit of 8 or 9. Very few numbers above 595 have been issued, so use caution. 700-729 were issued by the Railroad Retirement Agency a long time ago, and thus would belong to older people. No numbers in the 596-626 have been assigned yet (as far as I know), but 596-599 has been reserved for Puerto Rico, 600-601 for Arizona, and 602-626 has been reserved for California. The next step is required only if it is necessary that the place of issuance (and thus, probably, state of birth or residence) match the SS#. In this case, refer to the following table: First Three Digits Area ================== ==== 000 Foreign-Exchange, visitor, etc. (many college students will have these) 001-003 New Hampshire 004-007 Maine 008-009 Vermont 010-034 Massachusetts 035-039 Rhode Island 040-049 Connecticut 050-134 New York 135-158 New Jersey 159-211 Pennsylvania 212-220 Maryland 221-222 Delaware 223-231 Virginia 232-236 (EXCEPT SS#s starting with "232 30"...) West Virginia 232 30 North Carolina 237-246 North Carolina 247-251 South Carolina 252-260 Georgia 261-267 Florida 589-595 Florida 268-302 Ohio 303-317 Indiana 318-361 Illinois 362-386 Michigan 387-399 Wisconsin 400-407 Kentucky 408-415 Tennessee 416-424 Alabama 425-428 Mississippi 587-588 Mississippi 429-432 Arkansas 433-439 Louisiana 440-448 Oklahoma 449-467 Texas 468-477 Minnesota 478-485 Iowa 486-500 Missouri 501-502 North Dakota 503-504 South Dakota 505-508 Nebraska 509-515 Kansas 516-517 Montana 518-519 Idaho 520 Wyoming 521-524 Colorado 525 New Mexico 585 New Mexico 526-527 Arizona 528-529 Utah 530 Nevada 531-539 Washington 540-544 Oregon 545-573 California 574 Alaska 575-576 Hawaii 577-579 Washington, D.C. 580 Virgin Islands 580-584 Puerto Rico 586 Guam, American Samoa, and Philippine Islands 700-729 Railroad Retirement An example: If you were Stan Cisneros living in Burlingame, California, and you were born in 1970, your SS# might be 546-28-4197. ==============================================================================