[subterfuge]

Uh-oh bump.

[Glenn]

Bummer, bump.

[Junior]

...Lamark, Tx?

Lamarque, Texas, is next to Texas City and near Galveston. I have relatives there ...

[My Favorite Headache]

It could be a numerical screw up not necessarily fraud. Could be one number off on someone's side. Just be sure. But good luck otherwise.

[Uncle George]

They'll never get mine. It's been tatooed on my shoulder for 60 years.

[isthisnickcool]

That would be LaMarque Texas.

[TomGuy]

The other person may have just picked numbers at random rather than give a real SS number for some application or something.

You should contact the Social Security Administration, however. She may be one of those illegals using false ID's and SSN's.

[martin_fierro]

whack here

[DoctorMichael]

...............Lamark, Tx?

Any Freepers near Lamark?

Posse?

Send da 'boys' ova to break her tums?

[evolved_rage]

order a credit report.

[mdittmar]

Social Security Administration

When Someone Misuses Your Number

[CIBvet]

Now I suppose you're gonna try to tell us you're NOT responsible for making regular contributions on your Lamark, TX credit card to Lulac, La Raza and Rep Sheila Jackson Lee.

[Tall_Texan]

Most credit reporting agencies work by SSN (I know, it's supposed to be illegal...) and I would have a credit report done on your own number ASAP. The major credit reporting groups (Equifax is one of them) would tell you what credit lines have been open under that number and any aliases (particularly useful with women who tend to change their surnames frequently) that might be connected with it.

If it indicates a name or names other than your own and accounts you are aware of, try to find out more on your own. If it appears there is some actual fraud, the next thing to do is to take it up with the authorities but only when you've got a case built.

I would not try to contact the individual as this a) might make you look like a stalker or a threat and b) gives them notice that you are onto them if this really is a fraud going on.

The sad but true story is that credit reporting agencies are littered with bad information that attaches to your own credit history like a virus and you have to really fight to get things removed that were either cleared up by you years ago but stayed on your record or has nothing to do with you at all but happened to somebody whose name or SSN was close to yours.

There's just as good a chance of a clerical error or a computer glitch, particularly if your name is rather common. But you don't want someone else's bad credit to hurt your good credit (assuming its good) because of a name/address/SSN mixup. Do some homework.

If you can afford it, consult an attorney.

[Vidalia]

If it is real identity theft, you might consider hiring someone to drown the beetch.

There shouldn't be a serious court case, since, if you "killed yourself" it will be considered a suicide.

But beware, you may have to pay a fine.

poste script: this is tongue in cheek, just in case...

[tall_tex]

I have been through somthing close in the last two years. My lady went to our local grocery store and her check was refused. We found out that some one 200 miles away from us used Shirley's Texas drivers license number and bounced serveral checks. We had a hold put on us to write any checks, that used their check reporting service. We investigated and found out that the checks that were written were on a bank that we did not even bank with. My lady went to that bank and finally got it taken care of. Then, a few months later we got a statement from the Social Security Admin on her benifits when she retires, and low and behold some one had changed her middle name on her SS account. Months to get that corrected. Then, low and behold checking account gets rejected again, same area as before, she bounced checks. Mansfield Texas was the perp on our problems. When we finally do get things corrected they all admit that we are not the problem, they know that we do not bounce checks for $22.87. I am in Austin, Tx, I do not know wher your perp is. I will check tomorrow when I get to the office. It is very frustrating. First thing is to go to SS, I think I have heard or read some place that they must give you a new SS Number. Call of your credit card companies, make them aware, keep notes of your conversations, get E mail addresses so you can confirm your conversations with them.. It is very frustrating, can be time consuming. I can not wait till we all get a national ID number so that we can combat terror, no one can get access to our SS #, I am sure that they will not be able to get access to our new national ID number. Ha.. Tom (Sorry guys for the lack of paragraph's, when you are on a "Rant", RANT.

[RJayneJ]

It happened to me and it has been about 2 years getting all of the bad accounts off of my credit record. I am now down to 1 hold out which I turned over to my attorney. Instead of being afraid seomeone will take you to court, go on the offensive and tell them if they harrass you any longer you will take them to court so they had better have your signature on something. That finally got me the results that I wanted.

[Utopia]

I hope its not fraud, but a simply a screw-up. Many years ago, I had to go on disability. I submitted my forms. I waited. I got back: "Sorry. You're denied benefits, that SS number is in use." I found out it belong to a hispanic gent (well, a gent with a Hispanic name). After more months of trying to get to the bottom of it, (I was able to get copies of my processed and rejected paperwork) I discovered that when I submitted my application, an office worker stamped right on top of the SS number. The stamp totally obscured the number "3". Instead of calling me to ask me what the number was, they assumed it was an "8", so they went ahead with the application. Of course that SS number with an "8" more than likely did belong to a gent with a Hispanic name, for it certainly wasn't mine.

And here I am, flat on my back, waiting ... all because of a stupid office blunder.

I hope its something like that for you and not identity theft.

[El Sordo]

From what I've heard about trying to prosecute this kind of case, a person would be better served by finding the culprit and...ahem...having a talk with them...

[reg45]

Since the credit card bills, etc. were sent through the mail, contact the United States Postal Service - Postal Inspectors. Also, continue your work through the Social Security Administration.

[jumpstartme]

You might also consider hiring a PI to look into your SSI account to make sure that no other instances of misuse have occured without your knowing it.

It happened to me a few years back. Turned out that some kid whose number was a few digits off had his number posted wrong by a hospital and then it went all over the place, along with his medical records.

It was a mess to straighten out. The credit bureaus are absolutely no help. You'll need to make it legal.