Posted on 03/09/2015 9:38:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
Many people are living longer, but not to age 112 or beyond -- except in the records of the Social Security Administration.
The SSA's inspector general has identified 6.5 million number-holders age 112 -- or older -- for whom no death date has been entered in the main electronic file, called Numident.
The audit, dated March 4, 2015, concluded that SSA lacks the controls necessary to annote death information on the records of number-holders who exceed "maximum reasonable life expectancies."
"We obtained Numident data that identified approximately 6.5 million numberholders born before June 16, 1901 who did not have a date of death on their record," the report states.
Some of the numbers assigned to long-dead people were used fraudulently to open bank accounts.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
All of ‘em.......................
Same here, When my Father died his SS number was listed as deceased within 24 hours.
LOL!! You read my mind.
They have to report once a year to the local SS office; and bring their parents.
In Japan, they went to an abode to congratulate the newest “world’s oldest person” after the death of the previous title holder. He or she was stored in a back room, mummified, and had been dead at least ten years. Never missed collecting a check, however.
Has anyone here ever had an issue with identity theft??
Did you know that the Federal Government can fix ALL IDENTITY THEFT ISSUES overnight??
When my wife got her Green Card and SS number, she wanted to see if it was good, so she went into Macy’s and filled out an application for a Macys Card. When the lady came back she had a very puzzled look on her face and Promptly Denied the Application on the spot. My wife was rather surprised, so I ordered a copy of her credit report with the denial in my hand. When I received it, it turns out my Wife was a 47 yr old Mexican MAN living in Northern California, had a Job, owned a House, Car, credit cards.... All with Payments and PAID on Time, the guy actually had good credit. I didn’t know what to do and decided to do NOTHING about it. It was easy to prove it wasn’t her.
Well this was in February and Tax time was upon us, So when we filed our Joint Tax Return for the FIRST TIME EVER. The IRS and Homeland Security sent verification letters to determine the proper SS Number for my wife because a Return had already been filed with HER NEW NUMBER.
We sent in the Paperwork requested and 1 week later received notice from Homeland Security and the IRS that it had all been straightened out. They sent a copy of her credit report showing it was a brand new number and any other credit claim was invalid. She promptly went into Macys again and her credit was completely CLEAN and they gave her a Macys Card on the spot.
Within 1 week EVERY Credit Report and every instance of her SS number was GONE from HISTORY.
Why Do people PAY for Identity Theft Insurance???
The Feds can Fix it overnight if they wanted to.
How about all the FICA being collected on paychecks?
I’m sure there are lots of 112 year olds putting 50+ hours/week at their construction job.
Bottom line:
... if they wanted to.................
While on the surface this appears to be shocking, reading the underlying information Ie. the audit summary document reveals an infinitesimal number of potential abuses as compared to the number of SS numbers.
We use a nine digit number to track 300,000,000 million living and roughly another 150,000,000 million people who have died just in the last 50 years. 6.5 million records are 1.4% of the total number of records that do not have a date of death. While not perfect, it does not mean those 6.5 million records are being used nefariously as the article implies.
Yes, the audit found that some people have ATTEMPTED to use numbers of people who would be 112+ to apply for jobs, etc. But it does not say they were successful.
The audit report cites some old information in reporting the oldest man. “In September 2013, a New York resident, believed to be the world’s oldest living man, died at age 112. According to the Gerontology Research Group, as of October 2013, only 35 known living individuals worldwide had reached age 112.”
The Gerontology Research Group seems to be in some flux since the death of the director of the project last year, but they are showing 56 living verified supercentenarians (just six months ago they were showing 78). Only two of them are men, both Japanese, they are 111 and 112. The GRG describes their list as only those verified and estimates that there are 350 to 400 living people over 110 years old.
So yes, 6.5 million is totally unlikely, but it is more of a need to get the records updated, not that 6.5 million people are using bogus SS numbers.
But someone is still cashing the checks that keep going out....and going and going and going..................
...and family members are still cashing the social security checks.
... if they wanted to.................
Bingo, They know every last instance of a bogus SS number being used.
I wonder how many of those checks are going overseas?.............................
I would be very interest tho see the voting records or registrations of those 6.5M people.......................
Yes. My Aunt died on the 27th of the Month.
They took back the Money.
Now, what if they died on February 29th in a Leap Year?
I’d tell them I’d send it back in four years................
Spot on!
The usurper has many of those in his wallet.
There is nothing in the audit information even discussing people using SS number for benefits. It was about people using numbers to get jobs, etc. Read the damm articles.
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