The Social Security administration has a big account of SS taxes paid that do not match anyone. The new technology suggested will ping a proffured SS# against a data base much like credit card approval works. This will flag numbers that are fraudulent or reported missing. It will infringe on your privacy just about as much as presenting your Master Card does. It will help catch criminals for deportation for those who like that idea.""
There is a woman in Calif who filed legitimately for unemployment. When bei ng interview, she was asked if she had ever worked on a horse farm in eastern Washington state. She said she had never been to Washington state.
The records show that a MAN with a SPANISH name had been working on said farm with HER social security number and HER name.
Upon looking into the identity theft of her soc sec ##, she found out that a bank had issued HIM a credit card in
her name, and social security number. When she damanded that they shut down the card because of ID theft, the voice on the phone for the credit card said they could NOT do that because he always paid his bill timely.
When she tried to explain that it was her name and ss #, they just stuck to their guns and said "He pays the bill timely", ETC. Then she found out that they had recently updated his credit card to one with photo ID, and the card had her name, and a MALE photo.
Doncha just love the logic in all of this from the bank???? High interest fees no matter what....
Sounds like she needs a lawyer. I guess those ID theft cases are real tough in many ways. Another way to catch the fraud will help some, I imagine.