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juggernaut · 2005-07-22, 11:10 AM

Well we had to do this with my wife also. But seriously the banks are just nuts. She went into the bank and opened an account with no SS#. I was shocked they let her does this and we did not get her a number for about 6 months after the account was opened. Man the thoughts of all the bad things I could have done. But from my experience no matter what you do now you will be required to enter the bank and sign something. Unless you have millions (just like me after the lottery tonight 170 mil) Im pretty sure you will have a hard time. If you are not in the US. I would say look for something like Bank of America. I think they are the largest bank in the US. Not sure on that. Or Citi Bank, Chase, anything that is HUGE might be able to help you with this. I would not look at local type of banks. IE Sovereign bank is mostly for mid-east coast USA. If I went to California I would have a hard time finding one of those branches. Or if you have 10k you can always open a Swiss Bank account and I think that can be used anyplace in the world. Not sure how that works either. Hope my limited knoweldge helped.

2005-07-22, 11:10 AM	#3
juggernaut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central Jersey! If I was rich and powerful I would dress as my avatar does. Posts: 1,448	Well we had to do this with my wife also. But seriously the banks are just nuts. She went into the bank and opened an account with no SS#. I was shocked they let her does this and we did not get her a number for about 6 months after the account was opened. Man the thoughts of all the bad things I could have done. But from my experience no matter what you do now you will be required to enter the bank and sign something. Unless you have millions (just like me after the lottery tonight 170 mil) Im pretty sure you will have a hard time. If you are not in the US. I would say look for something like Bank of America. I think they are the largest bank in the US. Not sure on that. Or Citi Bank, Chase, anything that is HUGE might be able to help you with this. I would not look at local type of banks. IE Sovereign bank is mostly for mid-east coast USA. If I went to California I would have a hard time finding one of those branches. Or if you have 10k you can always open a Swiss Bank account and I think that can be used anyplace in the world. Not sure how that works either. Hope my limited knoweldge helped.