lost my social security card?

Question

i didnt but my mom lost my ss card when i was like 9. i am now 13. she was at work and my ss card was in her jacket and she hung it up and when she left she took her jacket and looked in her pockets it wasnt there. and i still dont have it if someone is using it. what happens? can they mess everything up?

Answer 1

Your mom can call social security and find out if it is being used. She can also get a duplicate for you to have.
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Answer 2

I hate to bust your bubble, but as soon as you realized it was missing you should have reported it to the Social Security Administration and gotten a new card.

Contrary to what a previous person said, you do not always need another form of ID when using someone else's SSN. It's the SSN that is the golden ticket to credit cards and identity theft!
It does not matter that you were 9 when it went missing or only 13 now. Most places only check to see the status of the credit associated with the number.

For example, I have a friend that has cable in her daughters name using the child's SSN. It was never questioned. When they asked for a birthdate she just gave a fake one.

This is exactly how identity theft works. Get a credit card application in the mail and fill it out with the 'found' SSN.

When you finally realize that there are actions against your credit they may be quite difficult to proove and have removed.

Answer 3

More than likely nothing will happen.

You apply for a duplicate card at your local SS office. Only in very rare circumstances -- like the woman whose SS number was being used by hundreds of different undocumented Latino workers and the IRS was going nuts over her tax return -- will the SS Admin. change your account number.

If there is identity theft you'll know about it first that way -- an audit of your tax return. Which in your case would probably be a complaint that you haven't filed one.

Fake and stolen SS numbers are bought and sold by the thousands on Russian Web sites. Yours is just one of million that's gone astray. At your age at least, you don't have credit card and driving license and bank account and PayPal info for the Russians to steal and use.

Answer 4

I would report it missing and get a new number just in case it was picked up by the wrong person. It took 7 times for the guy I work with to get a SS# to pass for his tax paper work. So People do guess at them and find them. You are probably okay but I would ask your mom to make sure it is not being used for any reason.

Answer 5

nope, your social security card is still secured since your ss card is lost... but since you want to know more about that, go to the nearest ss card office and make an affidavit that your mother lost it to gave you another one.

Indeed, if you found the old card all you need to do is to surrender it to the ss card office.

Answer 6

First of all, they need more then just your social security card to do anything. Like a credit card for instance.
Second, you are 13.. it probably just fell out, order a new one.

Answer 7

Identity Theft! ok, you are only 13 but they can still get stuff using ur s.s.n......... for example , to get a phone turned on..... energy or lights..... then they run up the bill, dont pay it and it goes on your credit.... they can also use ur number for hospital visits or to the ER.... then u get stuck with that bill too.....

Identity Theft is NO JOKE! It happened to a family member of mine, now everything is screwed up and the IRS is after her.

Answer 8

Here's the web site at Social Security that tells you what the risks are and what to do about it: http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10064.html

Answer 9

Social Security Disability Evaluation : http://DisabilityHelp.siopu.com/?GtN

Answer 10

go to the social security office and get a new one to be sure