# Does the Social Security Administration suspend people's SS #'s?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 13, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-social-security-administration-suspend-peoples-ss-s/846365 "2020-01-13T19:23:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-social-security-administration-suspend-peoples-ss-s/846365/54 "2020-01-16T10:44:29Z")

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> [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#):
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> I sold encyclopedias for a few weeks in college once. Among the things they told us was that the _No Salesmen_ sign should be considered a target based on the somewhat empirical data that suggested people who posted those signs were often the most vulnerable to a slick presentation. As in it worked more than it didn’t. It’s what the man said.

My father briefly sold encyclopedias in the early 60s and was told the same thing

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