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Originally Posted by njbchbum
Justjim - what do you think makes TV "...a perfect place for theft of this nature." and why do you think so? I can't see how TV is any different than where I live most of the year. In fact, our identity theft occurred in a spot far from the villages!
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Not to answer for Justjim, he may have an answer of his own, but his is also the opinion of the lady I spoke with at the Social Security office.
The reason theft of Social Security numbers is so commonplace in The Villages is because there is a very high concentration of people using the relatively few medical facilities, doctor's offices, etc., and these are places where they must disclose their Social Security numbers.
In all probability virtually every one of the 100,000 residents of TV has disclosed their Social Security to one or more medical facilities in this area. That makes this a "target rich" environment for identity thieves.
Although it is true that most of the people in other areas also have disclosed their SSANs to medical facilities, there many more facilities and they are more widespread (as in Tampa) than is the case with TV.
I can only say that the lady at the Social Security office said that statistically TV has a very high incidence of SSAN theft.