Originally posted by MrRobin
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1. Human error in giving out the numbers I actually met someone who had been given the same number as someone else. They got given their NI number as an adult in their mid-twenties when they came over to work here. I was told this use to happened a lot by a relation who is an accountant.
2. Fraud - some illegal immigrants use other people's NI numbers so they can work.
3. Official line - Transcription errors - if you design a system to give out numbers you should design it so that numbers that are easily swapped aren't given out.
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