Verizon wireless and Best Buy on Central Ave Yonkers ny Verizon requested I give my SS card to the salesperson Nationwide

 What is "boast" to begin with?? And what is the reason you do not have a SS card with you?? Is there a reason you kept getting upset?? You could have just said NO and walked away.  NO one held a gun to your head nor threatened you with violence did they?

Get over it - there are lots of other services out there so just go with one of them and GROW UP!

 Yes EVERY carrier asks for your SS NUMBER!!! If there was a credit review needed to get the services then Verizon is going to want a copy of the card to PROVE YOU are whom you say you are. There is a TON of wireless fraud out there and its the carriers that eat ALL of the costs when fraud happens. ALL the carriers are doing is protecting themselves from THIEVES!!!! And lets face it, YOU would think NOTHING of screwing THEM over if it benefits YOU. THAT is the American Way anymore. YOU can deny it, but like EVERY OTHER AMERICAN out there, YOU will do the deed then JUSTIFY it to yourself and others. So NOW they ask for MORE then just your name and address. THEY want to ensure that the $600-800 dollar phone isn't going to end up in Mexico. Sold so it can be unlocked and abused on other carriers networks. It is VERY common for scammers to do EXACTLY what YOU are doing. Hence WHY they want extra information. Im guessing that YOU have no idea about any of the personal information protections that EVERY carrier has to follow or they lose the right to deal with phones. Its a VERY serious offence to give ANY information that is a customers to ANYONE other then the carrier that person is applying for. There are fines and jailtime if it happens. Odds are that YOU are one of those people who THINKS that NO ONE has the right to ask YOU for YOUR information. YOU probably fight the poor sales people when YOU return a item. Its so common anymore that businesses have a word for it P>I>T>A!!!! Odds are that NOTHING is going to happen with YOUR SS number. It was needed to start up services. To verify that YOU are real and NOT a fictitious identity. That YOU want their services and that YOU wish to apply for those same services. THAT is the process. If YOU find ANYTHING funny with your SS number then YOU need to contact Verizon directly and have them open an investigation. If it is indeed found that a Verizon Employee violated the customers trust, then Verizon will have to pay the FTC and the FCC.