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I wonder what kinds of safeguards they have in place to prevent people with the same name from claiming each other's things.

You need to enter in your SSN/Tax ID/FEIN.

Well are their fake SSNs or other ID numbers because I'd doubt that Ms. Asdf Asdf (of CA 90210) has a genuine government ID number, http://scoweb.sco.ca.gov/UCP/PropertyDetails.aspx?propertyRe....

Could you just claim that against your own ID?