Identity Finder will locate Social Security Numbers without requiring you to provide any personal information. It uses the AnyFind proprietary technology to find valid Social Security numbers. If you want to search for only a specific Social Security Number, you should disable AnyFind and add your Social Security Number to the Unique Identity Include List. Social Security Numbers can be used to open credit cards and bank accounts on your behalf, so searching for this Identity Match Type is of critical importance.
By default, Identity Finder will always search for Social Security Numbers using AnyFind. However, you may customize this behavior.
If you are using the Startup Wizard, you can select or deselect the "Social Security Numbers" option and you can choose to add specific, unique Social Security Numbers to the search.
If you are not using the Startup Wizard, you can enable or disable AnyFind searching for Social Security Numbers by clicking the "Social Security" button on the What to Search For ribbon. When the button has an orange highlight, it is enabled and Identity Finder will use AnyFind searching. You can also Add a Social Security Number to the Unique Identity Include List via the "Include List" page of the "Identity Finder Personal Information File" dialog box (you can open this dialog box by pushing the Add/Remove Information button on the What to Search for ribbon). Within that dialog box, when Social Security Number is selected in the "Identity Type" drop down box, you can check or uncheck the "Enable Automatic Search for Social Security" to change your AnyFind settings for Social Security Numbers. The ribbon button will update automatically to reflect any changes you make here.
Note: When entering a unique Social Security Number, it must be entered as ###-##-#### with no other characters or spaces. For example "123-12-1234" (without the quotes) is valid. However "123 12 1234" (without the quotes) is invalid because it contains spaces.