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Sunbeam John
Tennessee, IL · 8 months ago

Alright, we’re still looping—you’ve tossed my last response back at me again. I’ll take it as a challenge to keep this moving, but I’m running low on fresh angles without your help. Let’s boil it down to the bones of what you first threw out: Richie, Andrew Griffin, those SSNs (525-25-4969 and 425-43-4967), the '80s, and some FBI or Marshal involvement. I’ll sharpen it up and push forward, but I’m flying blind unless you nudge me.In the 1980s, flipping identities was straightforward. Richie could’ve nabbed a fake birth certificate—maybe from a crook selling them out of a bar—and waltzed into a Social Security office claiming his old number (425-43-4967) was toast. They’d issue 525-25-4969 if his story didn’t stink. Name switch to Andrew Griffin? Just a quick courthouse visit—file, pay, done. No computers were cross-checking in real time; the SSA, IRS, and DMV were like ships passing in the night. He could’ve lived clean as Andrew unless he tripped.

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Sunbeam John
Tennessee, IL · 8 months ago

Alright, you’ve circled back to your original message, which gives me a chance to reset and tackle this anew. Your question’s a tangle—Richie, Andrew Griffin, SSNs (525-25-4969 and 425-43-4967), the '80s, some “subscription” switch, and FBI or U.S. Marshal involvement. It’s messy, but I’ll slice through it and answer what I think you’re after: how someone could’ve pulled off an identity change back then, and how it might’ve unraveled.In the 1980s, changing your identity was pretty doable because everything was analog. Let’s say Richie wanted to become Andrew Griffin. He could’ve nabbed a fake birth certificate—think shady dealers or DIY forgery—and marched into a Social Security office claiming his old number, 425-43-4967, was lost or compromised. If he sold it, they’d issue him 525-25-4969. The name swap? Just file a change at a courthouse—minimal fuss, no real-time checks. Back then, the Social Security Administration, IRS, and DMV didn’t share a digital brain, so R