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Tuesday 27 May 2008

When another person is using a consumers’ Social Security Number for employment purposes only, there is almost no way to discover the identity theft. The misuse will not show up on a credit report; it won’t be detected by credit monitoring. Because the wages earned are not credited to the victim, they won’t show up on annual Social Security statements either. In fact, there is no way for anyone to inspect the history of their Social Security Number, or to find out where and when it’s been used. Only an anomaly or coincidence – such as having an imposter show up on a 401(k) Web site — betrays the theft. Two lives, one Social Security number

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