Tweaking Social Security to Combat Fraud

Tweaking Social Security to Combat Fraud
Tim Mullen, 2008-02-13

Americans lost over 45 billion dollars in identity-related fraud in 2007. Reports are so commonplace that we've actually become de-sensitized to them. "200,000 victims reported..." "500,000 victims reported..." Even figures into the millions don't seem to faze us anymore. And that is a Bad Thing.

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My issue with the SSA is why don't they contact a "customer" ,the true SSN holder, when something doesn't match up in their records. Case in point: A lady in Ohio goes to apply for a job at Target only to be turned down because "she" already works at Target in another state. Well she has never worked for Target, but an illegal immigrant had used/bought her SSN and had used it when registering to work there. The SSA is getting SS withholdings from both ladies but only one is legit. So what does SSA do for the compromised individual? Nothing! They take this "extra" SS withholdings and do not credit it toward the legit SSN holder but instead place it in a separate "fund" for witholdings on which the SSN and name do not match up. If the SSA is not willing to fix problems when it encounters them in their own system, why would they be inclined to follow your good advice?

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wrong - just go back to the original intent 2008-02-21
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