What happens to someones social security benefits if someone stole your # and paid into it for years?
487198
Go on the social security website and you will get some of your answers.
536408
Credit reports don't always show if someone has been using your social security number or not. People usually find out after damage has been done and it costs the victims tens of thousands of dollars a piece and a lot time of their lives to get it fixed.
709031
I'm not sure...you can call 1-800-772-1213 to find out...that is social security's phone #. You can also go to www.socialsecurity.gov
507568
12,000 dollars a year, if you go over they will make you pay it back. My father is 76 and still works. The first two years he worked and drew his money and was over. He had to pay back 8 months worth of Social Security checks before he knew he was over the limits. I personally don't think that is fair since he paid into it for 61 years do you?
575675
Most people have that number memorized.  He should contact the Social Security Administration and request for a duplicate of his Social Security Card.
474532
a couple of years ago i discovered my social security number has 6 six's inside of the numbers, it scares the daylights out of me, i wonder who the hell would have 666-666-6666??
451513
OMG! I heard on the news that your identity can be used and there is somekind of shadow record for the person using your identity. Apparently it's nearly impossible for a consumer to find out who and how their identity has been used. Only credit companies, I think, and the gov. have access to ALL the files associated with a certain social security number. I think that they said that it would be an invasion of privacy for you to see the other person's records EVEN if it is on your social security number. CRAZY Huh?! it's true too! (*_*)
779723
Contact your local social security office who will direct you to a website and 800# to report possible identity theft/misuse of your social security number. They will advise you to report this to your credit agencies. Try ssa.gov first and see if you can resolve your issue there but if you are like me, I like to talk to a live person.  My purse was stolen about a year ago and just as a precaution, I went through this same process.  -Well, best of luck.
1046493
You can't just change the number.  If there was going to be an identity theft, you'd know by now.  You can always check your credit.
28285
If the person also gets SSA, one will increase but the other one will decrease to make up for the difference.  I know this sounds insane but that's how Social Security does it, they'll increase SSI and then turn around and decrease SSA, so you end up with no extra money, It sucks but it happens ALL the time.
316553
It depends on the reason.. \nIf you stole from the company, most likely you will not get unemployment.... \nIf you missed a lot of work.. IT depends on your reason for missing work.. they will investigate that.. \nIf you made a few mistakes.. most likely you will get unemployment, because mistakes are mistakes, everyone makes them..\nIf you sexually harassed someone.. there will be an investigation.. \nreally all depends on what you did.
952277
Yes they do use other peoples social security numbers. (everyone who is involved with this particular community knows this for a fact) otherwise none of them would be working at fast food joints and other places that require an SS number in order to work. Someone could be using your number right now, so get a credit report.
82050
Nothing, it is lost!\nDon't worry though!!!!!!\n\nIt will probably be deleted.\n\nMost people out there are very nice and will disregard.  Try sending another e-mail stating what happend.\nIf you get a loser, then contact a credit service like Equifax.\n\nMake sure to monitor for a short time.\n\nMost ID theft happends as soon as the info is collected due to expiring information.
965147
They steal your identity.
139949
If one did steal your identity..you would have a lot more problems than just "going to get your record clean". your entire life would be a total mess..
846708
Identity theft\n\n"Camber Lybbert thought it was a mistake when her bank told her that her daughter’s Social Security number was on its files for two credit cards and two auto loans, with an outstanding balance of more than $25,000. Her daughter is 3 years old.\n\nFor Ms. Lybbert and her husband, Tyson, the call was the beginning of a five-month scramble trying to clear up their daughter’s credit history. As it turned out, an illegal immigrant named Jose Tinoco was using their daughter’s stolen Social Security number, not in pursuit of a financial crime, but to get a job. "\n"Though most people think of identity theft as a financial crime, one of the most common forms involves illegal immigrants using fraudulent Social Security numbers to conduct their daily lives."\n"Illegals are filing for bankruptcy, using someone else’s number. I had one 78-year-old with three defaults on houses she never owned.”\n\nThe Federal Trade Commission, which estimates that 10 million Americans have their identities stolen each year, does not distinguish between people who steal Social Security numbers so they can work and those who are out to steal money. Illegal immigrants make up nearly one of every 20 workers in America, according to estimates by the Pew Hispanic Center, and most are working under fraudulent Social Security numbers, which can be bought in any immigrant community or in Mexico. "
441217
Credit reports are not as accurate as you seem to think they are.  You can't conclude that the other person you found with that mortgage actually reported the same SSN as yours.  Or, if he or she did, they just chose your number because they needed one.  That's something you would need to take care of, and have corrected: identity theft!  Not easy to correct.\n\nBut the government does not assign the same number to multiple people.  As they explain on their website, they will not even reassign someone's number after they die.