Social Security Numbers

threegee · 03-27-2007

Has anyone ever heard of the social security administration issuing a new ssn due to an original one that was used in an identity theft scam.

threegee · 03-27-2007

Oops, I didn't get to finish, the reason I am asking is that I had a friend who tried this as he had heard about it from someone, but he was denied and he had police report proof and everything that his identity was stolen.

dovic1 · 04-06-2007

I never heard of someone getting a new ssn, I just know that they just try to stop one theft from using it.

jackman · 04-06-2007

Well, not quite sure about this one dude...if they really issue a new ssn, in case of theft!

marigot · 04-17-2007

I don't know anyone personally so I am only repeating what I hear from shows like 60 minutes and the like.

I have watched several shows on identity theft and basically most of the victims indicate the same thing. It is almost impossible to get your documents resolved to normal.

Even with police reports and even in rare cases where the thief was prosecuted, nothing is ever the same. There is always the "thought" that you did this on your own.

And they have all said the same thing. They never got a new SSN

SoulasisMusic · 04-23-2007

I don't think the government would issue a new soc security number. That would make more work for them.

LeeAnn · 04-23-2007

Plus the company or bank will often change the supposedly erroneous SSN to the correct one, or not worry about it.

Had that happen in my Grandfather's case. After he passed away, we discovered that his SSN was not correct in at least one place, one of them was a bank. This was after my mother had held his power of attorney for years.

Instead of officially correcting it, or contacting either him or her, and this had been going on for many, many years, the business simply punched in the correct number and went on. Thankfully the information came up correctly on his taxes and other documents. I wonder how many identity theft problems could be avoided if flags rose when numbers did not agree.

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Originally Posted by SoulasisMusic

I don't think the government would issue a new soc security number. That would make more work for them.

Laettner14 · 05-28-2007

Anymore the Social Security Administration will only issue a new number in the case of an ex-wife being stalked and in fear for her life, as it would be easy for the ex-husband to find her with her SS#. Even then it is a long process with burden of proof issues. That is the problem with a number that was never intended to be an identifier used for credit, driver licenses, etc.