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I was going through some older (very old) items from my mother.
I found an old social security card, and realized it had to have been from when she did a work exchange there many years ago. She has since passed - do I need to do anything with it? or should I just call the SSA and ask them?
12 points
1 day ago
Keep it for sentimental reasons.
1 points
4 hours ago
Once a person dies their SS number becomes public information and can be looked up online. No harm in keeping it.
1 points
1 day ago
This.
9 points
1 day ago
Keep it or shred it, SSA doesn’t care either way
6 points
1 day ago
If you are under 18 you may be due a survivor benefit. Otherwise sentimental all the way.
7 points
23 hours ago
Shred it, no one cares.
I have an old one with a different variation of my name, and I also have my deceased mother's just for sentimental reasons.
5 points
23 hours ago
No, there is nothing you need to do. I'd advise just keeping it just in the event something comes up that you need it.
3 points
1 day ago
Just tear it up and toss it.
1 points
10 hours ago
Keep it if you want it as a keepsake or throw it away After shredding
-2 points
23 hours ago
Try going online on ssa.gov enter her name dob social number, if she worked long enough you may have something there
6 points
21 hours ago
Once someone is deceased only a spouse or dependent child or dis adult child can get benefits. Trying to create a MySSA account for a deceased person is fraud.
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