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How 40,000 people used a Lockport woman's SSN: 078-05-1120.
Aug. 24, 2022, 1:01 a.m. | Gabe Goldberg
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Proving there's nothing new under the sun:
That's the most used—or misused—Social Security number in history, and
it belonged to a woman from Lockport.
The federal government originally issued that number to Hilda Schrader
Whitcher in the 1930s. But over the next four decades more than 40,000
people mistakenly claimed it for themselves.
https://buffalonews.com/news/local/history/how-40-000-people-used-a-lockport-womans-social-security-number/article_9e74f603-25b9-5d06-9efa-eab3697369a3.html
And: Social Security Cards Issued by Woolworth
The most misused SSN of all time was (078-05-1120). In 1938, wallet
manufacturer the E. H. Ferree company in …
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