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"Area numbers that are currently in use are the following; 001 to 595, 600 to 649, 700 to 728.

Any purported Social Security number with an area number outside of these ranges is invalid. Area numbers are assigned to various states...New York is assigned the area numbers from 050 to 134. North Dakota, by contrast, is assigned only the area numbers 501 and 502...

Anyone who presents a Social Security number in the 700 to 728-area band needs to regarded with suspicion. These area numbers were assigned in only a few limited circumstances.

The 700 series of numbers were issued to people in the railroad retirement system in the first half of the century and to some refugees from the Vietnam conflict during the period of 1975-1980. Anyone who legitimately has a Social Security number in this range will be either quite elderly or a Southeast Asian refugee."

This is what John said.

"Another nonstandard form of employment held out to the unemployed is franchising, known to cynics as 'buying yourself a job' because the initial fee for the right to use the corporate franchisor's name is in the $15,000 to $40,000 range.In an earlier era, people were more likely to start their own business; today, you can buy any sort of prefab business, in which operating procedures, as well as any products used or sold are supplied, for a monthly 'royalty,' by the franchisor. About 400,000 Americans are franchisees, managing eight million employees and generatingone-third of U.S. gross domestic product- everything from doughnuts and burgers to fitness centers. But as in real estate, the rewards are uncertain and the prospects of failures dauntingly high. In his study of franchisees in a variety of industries sociologist Peter M. Birekeland found a survival rate of only about 25 percent andaverage franchisee incomes of about $30,000. "

This is what Barbara said.