SOMEONE USING YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TO COMMIT FRAUD IN HOLDING A JOB? - YOUR ON YOUR OWN!

Most websites and identity theft recovery programs advise you to report the fraudulent use of your Social Security Number if used to seek fraudulent employment to the Social Security Administration.

Unfortunately, the SSA will not investigate false employment using your SSN. With respect to the most common form of identity theft, false employment using another’s SSN, the SSA is unwilling to investigate or prosecute. Only if the fraudulent use of your SSN involves “benefits” fraud will the SSA investigate. Benefits fraud is defined as payments from the federal treasury to a beneficiary who is not entitled to those payments. Fraudulent payments into the treasury by those employed using your SSN is not considered benefits fraud.

Here is what the SSA Office of Inspector General says it will investigate if fraud is reported.

“There are a variety of situations that may be considered fraud in our SSA programs. Some examples are:

• Receives Social Security Benefits for a Child Not under their care.
• Continues to Receive and Use Benefits Belonging to a Deceased Person.
• Conceals their Marriage or Assets from SSA While Receiving Disability
• Benefits. Resides Overseas and is Receiving Disability Benefits”
  
  You will note that false employment using your SSN is not mentioned by the SSA Office of Inspector General!

At KnightsBridge Castle we have a very effective solution to shutting down identity theives who are using your SSN. We will discuss this technique in a future posting.

Posted by Tim Logan