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by ldoughty 1606 days ago
"I'm sorry, we can't put you in the system without it.. it wont let us"....

I always omit SSN, but often can't get away with it.

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My dentist said I couldn't leave the SSN field blank so I filled in 867-53-0909.
It always surprises me how many signup forms on the web require a phone number but still accept a "555" prefix :) If you're not familiar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_(telephone_number)