Social Security Number Traces

One of the most common mistakes employers make is failing to cross-check the identity of their applicants with a Social Security Number Trace using credit history information. Using SSN Trace information, we are able to authenticate that the Social Security Number provided by your applicant is associated with an individual of the same name, that the approximate date of issue range of the SSN equates with your applicant’s birth date, and that the address history associated with that SSN corresponds with the areas of the country where your applicant has lived, worked, attended school, or spent other significant time. The SSN Trace is a crucial component of criminal history research as the address history is the roadmap used to select court jurisdictions that should be researched for criminal records. Additionally, the SSN Trace will provide any alias names that have been associated with that SSN; the same courts should be checked under all relevant and/or unIQ™ue alias names. Any effective, reliable, and FCRA-compliant criminal background check begins with a SSN Trace.

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