# Experian sold SSNs to Vietnamese scammer... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experian-sold-ssns-to-vietnamese-scammer/672013 "2013-10-23T09:17:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experian-sold-ssns-to-vietnamese-scammer/672013/1 "2013-10-23T09:17:08Z")
[Not quite directly, but pretty close.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/cybertruth/2013/10/21/scammer-dupes-experian-into-selling-social-security-nos/3144069/) Given my past problems getting my credit report as described on this board, I’m looking at this news with some trepidation… ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experian-sold-ssns-to-vietnamese-scammer/672013/2 "2013-10-23T09:55:52Z")
Meh. Imho, theres a big difference between thinking your credit is good vs knowing your credit is good. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experian-sold-ssns-to-vietnamese-scammer/672013/3 "2013-10-23T10:02:58Z")
Great, Experian has my file from when I was laid off by my last job - they were hired to ‘counsel’ us in getting a new job … Well, at least I don’t have anything in the bank account Experian had information for me from my pay records. Actually I have the minimal to keep it open left in it - I left it open in case there was any back pay or lay off package available at _Experians urging_ :dubious: I think I will close out the last $20 in that account. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experian-sold-ssns-to-vietnamese-scammer/672013/4 "2013-10-23T12:38:50Z")
Stealing nuclear submarines-now that is indeed the scam of the century…