It could have been... I was just puzzled by the inquire since i have never needed to input this type of information on any purchase before. I can see the last 4 but the last 6??? That only leaves 3 numbers left to figure out...hmmmm hope there's more info out here about thisI wouldn't give a seed bank any digits of my SSN. You sure it wasn't that visa verify security thing you have to setup when you buy something online?