Say what?
If the law says that, then the law is a ass.
Check on your congressional leadership recently?
Lou Dobbs had a woman on a few months ago, and her SS# was stolen by about 20 illegals. She stated that the govt. would do NOTHING whatsoever to help her with her plight.
I do not know if that is the law. But that is the rule. You have to find out and notify them. That is, if the IRS is receiving withholding taxes on your SS number twice, they will not tell you. If someone applies for a refund in your name, and you have already received your refund, they will not tell you. If someone applies for SS benefits in your name, fraudulently, they will not tell you. Even if you are a victim of fraud and suffer financial loss, they will not tell you. If they sue you and fine you to make you pay taxes on someone else’s earnings, they will not tell you who that person is. You have no right to know, only the right to pay.