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no fly list applies to buying a car- 1-1-11 - 11/21/2010 6:30:01 AM

pahunkboy

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - If you're in the market for a car, be prepared to prove you are not a terrorist. The federal government's Red Flags Rule mandates that auto dealers, banks, credit unions and other "creditors" and "financial institutions" take additional steps to prevent identity theft and fraud, beginning Jan. 1. Included in the list of so-called creditors is your family doctor. Among those steps is determining whether a person applying for financing - or even paying cash for a car - appears on any government watch lists of known or suspected terrorists or terrorist organizations. As a result, consumers hoping to finance a new or used car, a home or even a major appliance will be required to supply personal information - such as their Social Security number and birth date, as well as the answers to five questions designed to confirm a customer is who they say they are - to the business at the time of the sale. Those questions could include anything from previous addresses and area codes to the names of other members of the consumer's household. Thomas Garage Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep in St. Clairsville uses a software called Wise Scan ID to simplify the search of public records and the 475-page Office of Foreign Assets Control "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons" list, commonly referred to as the terror watch list. Anyone can view the "SDN List" online at www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/. Sparing the dealership the time it takes to check the list manually, the software generates a report verifying the person in question is still living and has provided accurate personal information - and that they are not listed among suspected terrorists.

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RE: no fly list applies to buying a car- 1-1-11 - 11/21/2010 6:12:20 PM

claree

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Are you sure about this? Cause this is going to seriously impinge on the rights of illegal aliens to purchase and finance things here. I can't see this actually happening.

Ok, on the FTC website about the Red Flags Rule, it says it's been in effect since Jan 1st, 2008. However, sales to illegals, and sales involving identity theft haven't decreased in the least in California--in fact, they've gone up. So maybe no one is using it.

ETA: ok, it's been in effect, but the Feds aren't going to enforce it until 1-1-11. I doubt anything will change.

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