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seagar
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Social security card at cambio
Recently (last week) my brother was going to cross southbound at Calexico and prior to crossing he went to exchange dollars for pesos at the cambio.
When he went to exchange $2000.00 for pesos they informed him that they needed his social security card. Anyone have a similar requirement at a
cambio, anywhere?
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chuckie
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Oh OH!
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bajalearner
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Not had that happen. I would make sure they don't copy it or write down the info.
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mannings
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Srsly??
So he was obvi state side..
I would love to know more details.
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seagar
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mannings
Srsly??
So he was obvi state side..
I would love to know more details. |
Yep, he was on the US side, the lady at the first cambio informed him that any amount over 800.00 requires a social security card to be shown. He
didn't have it nor did he want to produce it even if he did. He left that cambio and went to one close by, he said that when he walked in the man
behind the counter spoke first and told him that he can't exchange over 800.00 without the Social Security card, obviously the lady at the first
cambio called the one that he walked into.
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mannings
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UN ... real.
How does the U.S. decide what we do with 'our' currency?
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DENNIS
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SS number at a cambio? Never. Use the ATMs
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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rts551
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Obama wants to know!  |
David. Do not put the "Kick me" sign on. Please. |
Oh, so it's Bush's fault???  |
might not be political get a job!
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Bob and Susan
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don't worry...this rule is not new
it has been in place for a few years
one you are in the "system" you can change money exceeding 2k
with no problem
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David K
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Maybe? Hey, I got a job... I am the Baja spell checker here on Nomad! Sure doesn't pay well, however!
In fact, I pay so much in taxes, you can have two homes in two countries and still complain about what I do!
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rts551
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Have not heard of this on the US side Bob and Susan....any citation/info?
David..probably too late for you, but owning to homes in two countries comes from a lot of hard work(and in some cases an education) and saving your
$ for later in life. Nothing to do with the tax dollars.
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Ateo
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It's 2014.
Can't they give us some high tech more secure SS # that is more like:
wE9823jd892ijTT^8jkhasfeihvqoj**I
Harder to steal.
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I noticed several months ago that if I attempted to exchange more than $900USD on the US side they asked for all my info. I assumed it's all part of
the expanded banking rules that passed last year...
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
I noticed several months ago that if I attempted to exchange more than $900USD on the US side they asked for all my info. I assumed it's all part of
the expanded banking rules that passed last year... |
Well....when we aren't being treated like terrorists, we're treated like money launderers. 
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
It's 2014.
Can't they give us some high tech more secure SS # that is more like:
wE9823jd892ijTT^8jkhasfeihvqoj**I
Harder to steal. |
.....how about a scan-chip on your forehead?!
...money-launder laws in canada require ID for any cash transaction over $1G
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rts551
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Yes, Dennis...according to what I can find it is an attempt to track money launderers.
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So what's to prevent people from going to a few different Casas de Cambios to avoid exceeding the limit? so long as you're not obvious about it, it
seems like an easy workaround.
(As for using an ATM- that also leaves a document trail.)
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Bob and Susan
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hahahaaha
several cambios at the border are all owned by the same people...
the info is in your account...its really not a problem
I only had to write down my number for the girl...no card needed
now I have an "account" : )
the rate is about the same as a atm withdrawal as long as you use a non-commission place
there are 2 good places in Ensenada and one at the BIG gas station in tecate
they provide the same rate...no ssn needed there
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
(As for using an ATM- that also leaves a document trail.) |
Not directly with someone who is probably already in the money laundering business.
It's ludicrous carelessness to give your SS# to a complete stranger, especially when all you want to do is buy his product.
Vote with your feet on this one.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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Hook
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Man, a casa de cambio is one of the LAST places I would want to share my SS #.
Probably just behind a used-car lot in Russia............
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