I found this, but it is not from a ss sight


A soft inquiry generally occurs when a prospective employer is conducting a background check. A soft inquiry also occurs when a creditor is pre-screening candidates for special offers. For example, all of those pre-approved credit card applications that come in the mail are generated from soft inquiries. Soft inquiries can occur without your consent or knowledge. If you pull your own credit report, this also shows as a soft inquiry. So they say for verification of who I am, will that be it? oh I panic over everything.

could this be what ss will do? it doesn't sound like it above...but know I don't trust social security