what steps do you take when you find out that someone has been using your social security number?

Question

i friend went to get a fishing license and found out that someone is using his s.s.n. What dose he do?

Answer 1

check your credit report first. If you see things in your name s the you know you didn't get call the report agency. the number will be on the bottom of the report. they would take it form there..

http://www.freecreditreport.com

Answer 2

Read the entire thing....your answer is further below.

ATTORNEY'S ADVICE -- NO CHARGE

1.Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO ID REQUIRED".
2.When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as itpasses through all the check processing channels won't have access to it.
3. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on your checks. You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have it printed, anyone can get it.
4.Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number, credit cards.

Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(s) ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more. But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know:
1.We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. but the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them.
2.File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one). But here's what is perhaps most important of all: (I never even thought to do this.):
3.Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security fraud line number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name. The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit. By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks.
Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet, etc., has been stolen:
1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285
2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742
3.) Trans Union: 1-800-680-7289
4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271

Answer 3

Notify the Social Security Administration.
Notify his state attorney general.
Notify Equifax, Transunion, and Experian, the credit bureaus.
Notify his credit card company and bank.
If internet crime:
http://www.ic3.gov the FBI internet crime.
Notify his Congressman and Senators.
Notify his employer.
Notify the IRS.
Notify the INS if the person is illegal, which they must be, have them deported.
Retain a social security lawyer, like Binder and Binder, for identity fraud legal issues. Do whatever else they advise.

Answer 4

Get an attorney. Contact the Social Security Office (check your local phone book). Check your credit report. Make sure there are no new credit cards listed that you don't have. Good Luck.

Identity Theft is not fun

Answer 5

Immediately notify Social Security. Close all Bank Accounts, Credit Cards, etc. Notify Immigration and the IRS. I'm sure there's more...

Answer 6

Contact the credit bureau, Equifax 888-766-0008 and Federal Trade Commission 877-438-4338. DO NOT CALL SOCIAL SECURITY.

Answer 7

Call police, fbi. Then hunt the guy down and mail me his address with a cashiers check payable to cash for 10,000 dollars. I will handle the rest.


Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.





(DISCLAIMER, for the braindead in the world the above is a joke. TYIA for not reporting me for threats like some clowns have done in the past.)

Answer 8

Contact his local social security office and tell them report the identity theft...
They will inform him of what other steps he needs to take.

Answer 9

Report that to local authorities.

Answer 10

report it ASAP, it is identity theft