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Anonymous
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Re: AA massive shutdown


@Anonymous wrote:

I'm still trying to figure out how someone even apped without a valid SSN though. Or was the same one used for multiple accounts?


Good question. If valid SSNs were used, without their knowledge (since they did more than a handful), then you're looking at  identity theft..

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UncleB
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Re: AA massive shutdown


@Anonymous wrote:

I'm still trying to figure out how someone even apped without a valid SSN though. Or was the same one used for multiple accounts?


In summary, people were using the loopholes to obtain an offer to apply for a credit card with an elevated sign-up bonus, then using that offer to apply under their own name (often repeatedly).

 

I'm not going to go into additional detail here on what was being done - there are other sites that spell it out - but nobody was applying for credit cards in their pet's names. 

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