Background Checks Are a Strange Beast
Today, I learned someone else’s name came up on a background check under my social security number (as well as my name). Curious, I looked up my credit report from other sources, and discovered only the original background check linked my SSN to this mysterious person. But there is no suspicious activity. My credit is just fine. And the other credit checks only see my name attached to the number. So in conclusion, I learned background checks can turn up pretty wild and crazy results… That, or I am missing something really important.
Wow. Haven’t ck’d back here in awhile. Very nice to see some non-technical posts here – just like the old mooch days ;oP
Take it for experience. You need to do everything you can to correct that SS# (and other info) discrepancies.
They tend to build until one day the info is so screwed up that it becomes very hard to correct and the damage is done. Trust me on this..
Best of Luck!
Comment by Rick G — September 23, 2006 @ 11:16 am