CPN

See also: cpn

English

CPN (plural CPNs)

(UK) Initialism of community psychiatric nurse.
(US) Initialism of credit profile number or credit privacy number or credit protection number, an alleged substitute for an SSN or ITIN that is fraudulent when used to deceive creditors.
- 2024 October 24, Frank McKenna, “This 9-Digit Scam Sparked A Synthetic Identity Boom In The U.S.”, in Forbes‎^[1]:
  In the fintech and banking world, a Credit Privacy Number (CPN) is as uniquely American as hamburgers and hot dogs on the Fourth of July. Credit repair companies in the U.S. created this nine-digit number as a marketing gimmick to sell consumers stolen Social Security numbers under the guise of protecting their privacy. In reality, however, these numbers have fueled a far more sinister purpose — creating millions of synthetic identities. Nowhere else in the world does the concept of a CPN exist. And nowhere else do synthetic identities run as rampantly as they do here. In America, CPNs and synthetic identity fraud go hand in hand. […] The Great Big CPN Lie […] It's hard to tell precisely when the CPN scam started. However, credit repair companies, looking to generate income by preying on consumers' desperation to hide bad credit, first mentioned it as a solution online in 2007. The CPN was merely a modern rebrand of "File Segregation," a credit repair scheme that gained popularity in the 1990’s by people that had declared bankruptcy.

CPN

Initialism of Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
- 2025 June 19, Robert Collins, “Learning an Indigenous language in Oklahoma is a living link to tribal ancestors”, in The Oklahoman‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 October 2025:
  You don’t have to be a member of a tribe to help protect native languages. In Oklahoma, public students can choose to take Indigenous language courses like Bodéwadmimwen, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Comanche and others for school credit — an empowering step toward recognition and respect. Many tribal nations, including CPN, also offer free resources such as language apps, workshops and virtual lessons open to learners of all backgrounds and abilities.