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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
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In this day and age, people sometimes decide they want to get away, disappear or hide their existence and assets. This is not an easy thing to do. The government has an enormous amount of resources devoted to tracking us. It does not seem to work to track criminals and terrorists, but in tracks the average Jill and Joe effectively.
In addition to the government, many companies and at least two entire industries are devoted to finding people, the collection industry and the private detective, security industry. The web is full of sites that will help locate people. Facebook, Twitter and a host of other social networking sites can be searched to find people.
People disappear, or want to, for many reasons. They may want to avoid arrest. They may be on the run from an enemy. They may be getting a divorce and don’t want the spouse to get their money. Hey may be trying to get out of a financial obligation, like child support or repaying a credit card. No matter the reason a person wants to disappear, it takes some research and planning to do it properly. Nothing, however, is foolproof. The bigger the fool, the bigger the chance you will not do it right.
Before Homeland security was all the rage, changing identities was easier. You just had to research infant deaths from about the time you were born. It has only been the last twenty years or so, parents needed a Social Security number for their children to claim the exemption. Now, many hospitals get the child a Social Security number before the child leaves the hospital. Big brother is watching.
Once you have an infant death picked out, you could get a birth certificate. Take that to the Social Security Office and have a Social Security number issued under the infant’s name. Then, go to the Secretary of State and have a driver’s license issued. Once completed, you had a new identity.
Currently, you cannot get copies of the birth or death certificates without a reason or filling out a paper trail. You almost always need an I.D. As has always been the case, you may be able to find an employee that works in the records office that will help you. This is illegal but many things are.
To hide assets, put as much as you can into prepaid gift cards. Cash is also hard to trace. Bank accounts are traceable as our safe deposit boxes, so avoid them.
Always communicate with prepaid pay-as-you-go cell phones. Buy prepaid phone cards to reload minutes. None of these are traceable. If you want to communicate by the internet, always go to free WiFi cafes or public libraries. Never establish a regular schedule of contact.
Phone records are not matters of public records, but they can be subpoenaed or access to them gained illegally. Before you relocate, call several places you are not going to. Call Realtors, apartment rental companies and utilities. If someone gains access to your phone records, this will lead the investigators on a wild goose chase, eating into their time and resources.
If you need to work, stay with smaller companies. They have a tendency to be less compliant with government regulations. Try to get hired as a sub-contractor so you will not get a W-2, but rather a 1099 form. This makes you harder to track down by the IRS or with their forms.
If you are interested in this subject, look for a book, “How To Disappear” by Frank M. Ahearn. You can locate him on the web by typing in his name.
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BRUCE A. BRENNAN
