http://consumerist.com/consumer/sto...y-was-stolen-just-type-in-your-ssn-231308.php

Check it out. So what do you think>? Elaborate Phishing technique?

It`s a scam.

DO NOT ENTER ANY DETAILS INTO THE ABOVE SITE.

Regards Howard

Sorry, guess I should have mentioned that in my first post. Just thought it was and interesting idea.

Wow, who would enter their social into there?

You`d be surprised. Some folks are naive enough and daft enough to believe anything lol.

Regards Howard

Yeah, no kidding. I saw that link on "lifehacker", but did not read the article at first. You do have to give the guys who made this site credit, it is well done. A cheap scam, but it looks nice

TrustedID -- response to StolenID Search

Hello Everyone,

In the past few days, we’ve seen thousands of people make comments about our StolenID Search service. We appreciate everyone who sees value in the service as well as those who have questions.

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Taken from HERE.

In short I don`t think it`s a good idea and I definitely wouldn`t trust your website. You must be able to see why people think it`s a scam? Even if it is all above board and legit, there`s no way for any one to know for sure.

Regards Howard

heck; I'm so paranoid, I will not even enter data that should be protected, eg
Norton Privacy Protection -- If you enter it, it's recorded somewhere and then -- they can get to it too. A real dumb idea (imo).

Anyone dumb enough to enter their SSN deserves to have their identity stolen!

Still, even if it is legitimate, somewhere in a server log file, probably, if nowhere else, your SSN that you typed in will still be. And if people can access that, it looks like a good way to have your ID stolen. No offense, TrustedID; I'm just saying this the way I see it.

Yep. Even if they are legit, I don't think I'd go for it.

What if someone hacks their servers? The people are...um...screwed

And it surprises me that in this day and age, that IF the site IS legit. Why would they ask for SSN? They should know that there are more secure ways to obtain any needed information.

My thoughts exactly.

This though occurred to me though: if they can tell whether or not your ID was stolen by your social security number, they would have to have some other information on you that they could link to your SSN.

True...:turns around to see stalker through window:...