Originally Posted by
sdsearch
No. First of all, Barclay humans don't allow people to have more than one of these cards. They've just programmed the computer that processes "instant" approvals online to not bother checking whether you already have one. That's the only loophole.
Second, you were trying to do it by pretending that you weren't the same person, but using another number than your SSN. You were only trying to use your EIN because you expected your SSN to identify you as the person who already had a card.
That's far different than someone applying for a card they already have, giving no misleading information, and getting approved.
Most people would think that supplying an EIN in place of an SSN is misleading information. The form didn't ask for anything other than an SSN, did it?
How is an EIN different from a falsified SSN, when entered into a field only asking for an SSN??? 
In a business card application, many people legitimately place their SSN where it asks for their EIN. I honestly thought it possibly might be common practice to use the EIN in place of the SSN on an application. I didn't know. That's why I asked on this forum. I even explained to the customer service rep on my second call exactly what I was doing. I told them that because there was no longer a business card available, I was trying to get a second personal one. How can I be accused of scamming when I told the company what I was doing. Just because I realized I wouldn't get a second card with my SSN, doesn't mean I didn't have a legitimate use for the second one.