When filler-outers ask your SSN, can you just fill in with anything? That is clever.I have done a few similar fill-ins, but not when I order anything ,they all do have my SNN already and show the last four ( like they do in the army) --- But I will try to open a new account somewhere and see what happens.
Marta On Oct 27, 2007, at 14:15 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > On Oct 27, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Anne Cartwright <cartwrig at aye.net> wrote: > >> Marta was having so much fun with her iPhone I decided to buy one. >> >> However I guess I will be taking it back to the store because in >> order >> to activate it you have to give AT & T your social security number >> and I >> am very reluctant to do so. Especially when I don't really see any >> reason for them to have it. I called AT & T and the first operator >> said >> there was no other way, but then she said that there was a prepay >> plan, >> would I be willing to use that. That is exactly what I wanted. In >> fact I >> would be willing to prepay the whole two years. So she connected me >> with >> the operator who handles prepay. Guess what? You have to give them >> your >> social security number and fail the credit check before you can >> prepay! >> >> So I guess no iPhone for me. > > Anne, > > I have heard that you can register your phone in iTunes but enter a > false SSN, like 000-00-0000, to force it to fail and send you to the > prepay option. > > You might try that. > > j. > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > jfletch at newmediaconstco.com > Project Foreman > NewMedia Construction Co. > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
