mistaken
oh, how stupid I can be at times. David W is correct. Receipts have the last 4 credit card numbers, not SSN.
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Posts by John Ryland
6 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Dec 2008
Boffins guess social security numbers via public data
Tuesday 7th July 2009 07:00 GMT 
last four most often in trash can
yes, the last four are commonly found on most cash register receipts. The irony is that a few years back, the entire SSN was printed on receipts. For "security" purposes, the first 5 are now routinely "x-ed" out and only the last four are printed... how sad.
I am lucky because I am sufficiently old enough that my number does not fit this research.
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