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so...i got my tax refund a while back, along with a notice saying i owed $26 for another person on my filing which had been deducted from my check. i called and was like, "hello? i filed single, with no dependants." they were like "yeah, thats weird, we'll send you a check." i also asked them to send a copy of my tax return for 2002 so i could give it to the financial aid people, which hasnt come yet, but they sent me this confirmation letter telling me what forms are being sent.
among the things coming are some bank statements for one Delinda Herr, living in Conroe, Texas. I had gotten some stuff in the mail for her from the IRS a few months back, saying she owed like $200 or something, which was dumb since she apparently made over $1 million last year. When I had called the IRS then, they were like, "hmm...thats weird...just ignore it." so i wasn't TOTALLY suprised to see her name on this most recent piece of mail. What I thought was interesting, though, is that she has MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER!
So I call the IRS, again, and they're like, "Weird, cant really do anything about it, as the last person to look at your account blocked her information from showing up with yours. It shows that no further action is required on your part."
Feeling less than confident, I asked if there was someone else I could report it to. They said call social security, and also gave me the FTC's identity theft hotline. I called social security, and the first woman I spoke to after 5 minutes worth of phone tree accidently cut me off. The next woman I got was just like, "What do you want us to do about it?"
wtf?
She asked me my ssn, name, date of birth, mother's maiden name, etc...and said, "I have confirmed that this is in fact your social security number."
well no shit. i have a social security card that has that number along with my name on it, so I was able to make that correlation all by my little self. I didn't call you because I was confused on that point. being the lovely, gracious person that I am, i didnt say these things. instead, i asked if she would like the name of the OTHER person using that social security number.
"Oh no, we have no way of reporting that information, unless she is using it to work in this country illegally."
good. its encouraging to know we have our priorities straight. becoming a productive member of society without permission is a serious problem, but tax fraud isn't anything to get excited about.
So I call the FTC. Busy. Not like, a recording asking me to wait until someone can take my call, just a busy signal. Apparently they dont even have call waiting. i've been calling for 45 minutes, and theyre still busy.
Why does this always happen to me? Have I mention that the DMV has lost all record of the title-change taxes and fees I paid in february? And they claim to have mailed the title back to me, but did not see fit to take any measures insuring that I received the document (which I did not).
among the things coming are some bank statements for one Delinda Herr, living in Conroe, Texas. I had gotten some stuff in the mail for her from the IRS a few months back, saying she owed like $200 or something, which was dumb since she apparently made over $1 million last year. When I had called the IRS then, they were like, "hmm...thats weird...just ignore it." so i wasn't TOTALLY suprised to see her name on this most recent piece of mail. What I thought was interesting, though, is that she has MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER!
So I call the IRS, again, and they're like, "Weird, cant really do anything about it, as the last person to look at your account blocked her information from showing up with yours. It shows that no further action is required on your part."
Feeling less than confident, I asked if there was someone else I could report it to. They said call social security, and also gave me the FTC's identity theft hotline. I called social security, and the first woman I spoke to after 5 minutes worth of phone tree accidently cut me off. The next woman I got was just like, "What do you want us to do about it?"
wtf?
She asked me my ssn, name, date of birth, mother's maiden name, etc...and said, "I have confirmed that this is in fact your social security number."
well no shit. i have a social security card that has that number along with my name on it, so I was able to make that correlation all by my little self. I didn't call you because I was confused on that point. being the lovely, gracious person that I am, i didnt say these things. instead, i asked if she would like the name of the OTHER person using that social security number.
"Oh no, we have no way of reporting that information, unless she is using it to work in this country illegally."
good. its encouraging to know we have our priorities straight. becoming a productive member of society without permission is a serious problem, but tax fraud isn't anything to get excited about.
So I call the FTC. Busy. Not like, a recording asking me to wait until someone can take my call, just a busy signal. Apparently they dont even have call waiting. i've been calling for 45 minutes, and theyre still busy.
Why does this always happen to me? Have I mention that the DMV has lost all record of the title-change taxes and fees I paid in february? And they claim to have mailed the title back to me, but did not see fit to take any measures insuring that I received the document (which I did not).