If a person who you live with has your social sec. number
and you find forms for insurance fraud, mortgages, and long letters in handwriting clearly not yours with a completely clearly forged signature is there ANY way you can get a legal name change? They got it by looking through my things and threatening etc... How can you protect your social security number in the future? I was told that the soc. sec. number was to be left the way it is, but this is terrible and a bad situation unless, could there be a special circumstance like an emergency where it could be changed or something? This person is also abusive, has a history of stalking, threats, and money transfer scams at the bank?
2007-07-06 00:25:46 · 7 answers · asked by :::♥:::Castle:::♥::: 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
That is called identify theft and it is VERY illegal. You need legal help right away. You need to remove those papers from the home immediately to protect them, and you need to contact the police for protection from your abuser. You also need to contact the Social Security Administration to find out what can be done to protect your identity. Under these circumstances I would think they would change your Social Security number because this person might continue to use it in the future.
As a survivor of an abusive relationship, it sounds to me like you are in danger. Please contact your local social service agency that serves women (in my community it is called Women's Services) and ask for help right away. Even if you are not a woman, they will put you in touch with whoever you need to speak to. I am praying for you. Please act right away and take steps to protect yourself and your identity from further abuse.
Feel free to email me if you need some moral support. I would do anything I can to help you.
2007-07-06 00:42:22 · answer #1 · answered by leslie b 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Forget the legal name change. You need to gather all of the papers you can and call the United States Secret Service. That is the law enforcement body that addresses financial fraud and the misuse of devices (which includes the social security card). You also need to move, immediately, because this particular criminal modus operandi generally includes killing the person whose identity is taken and disposing of the victim someplace really remote to reduce the likelihood of the scheme being blown.
This is incredibly serious. I can't emphasize enough how much of a life-threatening emergency this is. Bear in mind, too, that this MO includes an escape plan for the criminal that turns on setting YOU up as the thief, so that in the worst case scenario, it is you who go to jail while the perp enjoys his ill-gotten gains. Based on what you tell me, you've been acquiescing in this criminal scheme for some time, which exposes you to a charge as an accessory before the act, and in turn means that you are facing potential prosecution...which is part of the bad guy's escape plan.
Call the Secret Service immediately.
Your life depends on it. I'm not kidding or exaggerating, you're in with an incredibly dangerous person.
2007-07-06 01:01:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to file an identity theft report all over the place. Youre state has a consumer fraud division that helps consumers with a variety of forms and issues. You know alot of parents abuse their childrens social security numbers making it hard later for the child to get good credit when they come of age. Let me ask you, why is this NOT A CRIME? This is not what social security is for. I think if you contact a lawyer or legal aid they can advise you on filing to do, I think you also need to notify the credit bureaus of the abuse at the time you discover it. Your parents do not have the right to USE Your social security number and then ruin you. You can also write to the mortgage companies and insurance companies and credit card companies and advise them that you are either a minor , or in fact did not know of the use of it. Im not sure police would make a report, they hardly take criminal reports anymore.. their too busy eating doughnuts .. but anyhow.. you need to get a credit report under your social security number SEE WHAT CREDIT IS LISTED AGAINST YOUR NAME.. and then if its BAD .. write to them and tell them its not you, if its good, that may not hurt you necessarily when you go to apply for your own credit cards later. But make a record of it at the time you find out , so if the person doesnt pay the bills you wont get stuck with their theft of your number. IF youre a kid you have legal recourse against the misuse by your parents.
2016-05-19 21:28:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all take all those papers and go to the police that is a class 4 possibly 3 felony you can call the SS administrations office and ask them about changing your ss # I know on thier site they say that there is some forms you have to fill out for your name change maybe they can give you a direction to go in... Good Luck
2007-07-06 00:32:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the guys above me and I cant really add much more to that nor do I know what to really do.
I know you'll get out of this alright
2007-07-06 00:36:26 · answer #5 · answered by electrified_chill 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can change your social security #, but you will have a lot of paperwork & it will take a while.
P.S. I would prosecute that low life mother ******!
2007-07-06 00:32:23 · answer #6 · answered by Pisces9 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is identity theft. And if used fraudulently, he can and will be prosecuted. You need to go to the police asap.
2007-07-06 00:45:28 · answer #7 · answered by daria 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋